Work & commute · Williams

Work & commute in Williams, MI

Most working residents leave Williams for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Midland (22%), Bay City (9%) and Saginaw (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 1,922 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,838 Williams residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 1,567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams.

1,838live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

1,567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams goes to work

Midland6 mi away

22%423

Bay City11.4 mi away

9%180

Saginaw16 mi away

9%165

Saginaw12.6 mi away

5%92

Williams (in town)right here

4%84

Monitor6.2 mi away

4%69

Tittabawassee6.9 mi away

3%51

Bangor11.2 mi away

2%45

Auburn2.2 mi away

2%44

Kochville10.1 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%735

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

How far

How far Williams commutes

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

40%

32%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams are

1,651 jobs are based in Williams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williams

1,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Williams residents hold

1,922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Williams, 2011 → 2021: 1,500 → 1,651. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.