Work & commute · Williams

Work & commute in Williams, OR

Most working residents leave Williams for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grants Pass (22%), Medford (12%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

57%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 274 Williams residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams.

274live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams goes to work

Grants Pass14.8 mi away

22%66

Medford23.9 mi away

12%35

Williams (in town)right here

9%27

Portland231.4 mi away

4%11

Cave Junction18.6 mi away

3%8

Takilma20.9 mi away

2%7

Eugene127.3 mi away

2%6

Salem187.3 mi away

2%5

Coos Bay93.4 mi away

1%4

Phoenix24.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%129

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.

18%

48%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams are

309 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

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Williams residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+197%

Jobs based in Williams, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 309. 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.