Work & commute · Williams

Work & commute in Williams, MN

Most working residents leave Williams for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baudette (37%), Warroad (16%) and Park Rapids (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Williams residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams.

81live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams goes to work

Baudette16.9 mi away

37%31

Warroad19.8 mi away

16%13

Williams (in town)right here

2%2

Park Rapids128 mi away

2%2

Marshall301 mi away

2%2

Minneapolis274.6 mi away

2%2

Fargo, ND157.7 mi away

2%2

Audubon139.9 mi away

1%1

Badger48.6 mi away

1%1

Proctor188.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%26

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.

73%

22%

4%Under 10 mi

73%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams are

33 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

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Williams residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+1000%

Jobs based in Williams, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 33. 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.