Work & commute · Williston

Work & commute in Williston, FL

Most working residents leave Williston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (21%), Bronson (7%) and Ocala (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

187 of 1,175 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 988 Williston residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 2,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williston.

988live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

2,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williston goes to work

Gainesville20.5 mi away

21%251

Williston (in town)right here

16%187

Bronson12.4 mi away

7%80

Ocala23.1 mi away

6%75

Jacksonville80.1 mi away

4%43

East Williston1.6 mi away

2%19

Tallahassee130.8 mi away

1%13

Newberry19.7 mi away

1%12

Wildwood48.4 mi away

1%10

Orlando93 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%475

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

How far

How far Williston commutes

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

22%

45%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williston is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Williston are

2,189 jobs are based in Williston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williston

2,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Williston residents hold

1,175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+36%

Jobs based in Williston, 2013 → 2023: 1,605 → 2,189. 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.