Work & commute · Williamston

Work & commute in Williamston, NC

About one in 5 of Williamston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Washington (3%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

434 of 1,985 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,551 Williamston residents head out of town to work, 434 work right here, and 2,769 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamston.

1,551live here, work elsewhere

434live and work here

2,769work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamston goes to work

Williamston (in town)right here

22%434

Greenville24.5 mi away

10%200

Washington19.5 mi away

3%69

Raleigh88.2 mi away

3%67

Rocky Mount42.4 mi away

3%53

Robersonville10.6 mi away

3%51

Wilson49.1 mi away

2%44

Tarboro27.8 mi away

2%31

Hamilton10.4 mi away

2%30

Plymouth17.8 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%976

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

How far

How far Williamston commutes

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

29%

25%

20%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamston is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamston are

3,203 jobs are based in Williamston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williamston

3,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Williamston residents hold

1,985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−14%

Jobs based in Williamston, 2013 → 2023: 3,708 → 3,203. 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.