Work & commute · Williamsburg

Work & commute in Williamsburg, KY

About one in 3 of Williamsburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corbin (6%), London (6%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

513 of 1,592 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,079 Williamsburg residents head out of town to work, 513 work right here, and 4,158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamsburg.

1,079live here, work elsewhere

513live and work here

4,158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamsburg goes to work

Williamsburg (in town)right here

32%513

Corbin13.8 mi away

6%103

London26.7 mi away

6%92

Lexington-Fayette urban county91.4 mi away

4%65

Barbourville17.9 mi away

1%21

Emlyn3 mi away

1%21

Somerset34.2 mi away

1%18

Middlesborough26 mi away

1%17

Hazard64.4 mi away

1%11

Stearns17.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%720

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

How far

How far Williamsburg commutes

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

42%

17%

15%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamsburg is a job hub

2.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamsburg are

4,671 jobs are based in Williamsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williamsburg

4,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Williamsburg residents hold

1,592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

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Jobs based in Williamsburg, 2013 → 2023: 4,690 → 4,671. 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.