Work & commute · Williamstown

Work & commute in Williamstown, NY

Most working residents leave Williamstown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Syracuse (10%), Richland (7%) and Cicero (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 502 Williamstown residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamstown.

502live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamstown goes to work

Syracuse31.3 mi away

10%54

Richland15.4 mi away

7%36

Cicero21.3 mi away

5%24

DeWitt29.2 mi away

5%24

Camden9.5 mi away

4%23

Oswego30.9 mi away

4%21

Sandy Creek16.9 mi away

4%21

Clay24.5 mi away

4%20

Salina28.1 mi away

4%19

Parish9.2 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%257

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.

10%

28%

42%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamstown is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamstown are

147 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

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Williamstown residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−39%

Jobs based in Williamstown, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 147. 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.