Work & commute · Williamsport

Work & commute in Williamsport, MD

Most working residents leave Williamsport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hagerstown (15%), Halfway (5%) and Frederick (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 977 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 955 Williamsport residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 877 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamsport.

955live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

877work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamsport goes to work

Hagerstown5.8 mi away

15%150

Halfway2.8 mi away

5%44

Frederick24.3 mi away

4%36

Robinwood8.5 mi away

4%35

Baltimore67.6 mi away

3%25

Williamsport (in town)right here

2%22

Fountainhead-Orchard Hills8.2 mi away

2%21

Martinsburg, WV12.9 mi away

2%17

Ballenger Creek25.9 mi away

2%17

Columbia58.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%595

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.

54%

11%

12%

24%

54%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamsport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamsport are

899 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

899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Williamsport residents hold

977 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+9%

Jobs based in Williamsport, 2013 → 2023: 824 → 899. 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.