Work & commute · Williamsport

Work & commute in Williamsport, IN

Most working residents leave Williamsport for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (20%), Attica (13%) and Danville (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

119 of 951 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 832 Williamsport residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamsport.

832live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamsport goes to work

Lafayette23.9 mi away

20%186

Attica2.5 mi away

13%123

Williamsport (in town)right here

13%119

Danville, IL19.6 mi away

3%28

Covington11.5 mi away

2%23

Pike5.4 mi away

2%23

West Lafayette22.2 mi away

2%22

Center70.5 mi away

2%18

Mound13 mi away

2%18

West Lebanon5.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%379

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

How far

How far Williamsport commutes

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

34%

30%

12%

23%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamsport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamsport are

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

Jobs based in Williamsport

728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Williamsport residents hold

951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Williamsport, 2013 → 2023: 856 → 728. 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.