Work & commute · Williamstown

Work & commute in Williamstown, KY

Most working residents leave Williamstown for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dry Ridge (6%), Florence (6%) and Hebron (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

241 of 1,703 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,462 Williamstown residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 1,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamstown.

1,462live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

1,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamstown goes to work

Williamstown (in town)right here

14%241

Dry Ridge3.5 mi away

6%110

Florence24.8 mi away

6%104

Hebron30.2 mi away

5%83

Georgetown26.3 mi away

4%65

Cincinnati, OH34.8 mi away

3%58

Lexington-Fayette urban county41.9 mi away

3%52

Covington27.5 mi away

3%47

Walton15.6 mi away

2%42

Edgewood25.5 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%875

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

How far

How far Williamstown commutes

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

23%

20%

42%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamstown are

1,824 jobs are based in Williamstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williamstown

1,824 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Williamstown residents hold

1,703 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Williamstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,824. 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.