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Employers in Williamstown report 82 jobs, and 514 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Williamstown are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 2% work in Williamstown; the top destination outside it is Washington Township (7%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Williamstown and work: the main findings
Williamstown is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Williamstown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williamstown has about 870 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Williamstown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 514 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Williamstown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Williamstown is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Williamstown’s grade up ($61,757, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (11.7%) is left out: Williamstown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Williamstown could be anywhere from D to C−.
The daily flow of workers through Williamstown
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Williamstown on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes to work from Williamstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 481 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Williamstown’s working residents head each day
Where Williamstown clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Williamstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamstown, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 82. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Williamstown
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Williamstown, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williamstown is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 8.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 528 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.5% of Williamstown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williamstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,493rd of 5,400: where Williamstown ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,491 | Sweet Springs MO | 1,323 | $47K | 14.9% | 5.5% | 14% | D |
| 4,492 | Yoncalla OR | 1,029 | $55K | 13.4% | 14.6% | 5% | D |
| 4,493 | Williamstown PA | 1,298 | $62K | 22.7% | 11.7% | 2% | D |
| 4,494 | Sister Bay WI | 1,177 | $71K | 24.7% | 0.7% | 18% | D |
| 4,495 | Rushford NY | 1,075 | $59K | 16.2% | 3.8% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Williamstown, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Williamstown: questions
What is the median household income in Williamstown?
$61,757 (±$3,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamstown?
22.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamstown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamstown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (7%, 10 mi), Harrisburg (7%, 25 mi), Upper Paxton Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williamstown walkable?
Williamstown is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.