Work & commute · Williams

Work & commute in Williams, PA

Most working residents leave Williams for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (7%), Easton (5%) and Allentown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

105 of 2,601 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,496 Williams residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams.

2,496live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams goes to work

Bethlehem7.4 mi away

7%179

Easton3.9 mi away

5%134

Allentown13.5 mi away

4%110

Williams (in town)right here

4%105

Palmer5.2 mi away

4%92

Bethlehem5.2 mi away

3%79

Forks7.2 mi away

3%77

Philadelphia43.2 mi away

3%72

Upper Macungie21.3 mi away

3%71

Wilson3.8 mi away

3%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,612

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.

38%

30%

18%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams are

838 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

838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Williams residents hold

2,601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−2%

Jobs based in Williams, 2013 → 2023: 857 → 838. 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.