Work & commute · Williams

Work & commute in Williams, CA

Most working residents leave Williams for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Colusa (7%), Woodland (5%) and Sacramento (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

347 of 1,949 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,602 Williams residents head out of town to work, 347 work right here, and 922 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams.

1,602live here, work elsewhere

347live and work here

922work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams goes to work

Williams (in town)right here

18%347

Colusa7.8 mi away

7%143

Woodland39.1 mi away

5%88

Sacramento54 mi away

4%81

Yuba City26.7 mi away

3%53

Arbuckle10.3 mi away

2%44

Chico45.4 mi away

2%39

Redding98.9 mi away

1%28

Brooks28.5 mi away

1%24

Rancho Cordova62.6 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,079

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Williams commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

21%

34%

38%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams are

1,269 jobs are based in Williams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williams

1,269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Williams residents hold

1,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Williams, 2013 → 2023: 1,082 → 1,269. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.