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Work & commute in Williamstown, PA

Most working residents leave Williamstown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (7%), Harrisburg (7%) and Upper Paxton (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
11 of 514 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 503 Williamstown residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamstown.

503live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
71work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Williamstown goes to work

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1
Washington10.3 mi away
7%37
2
Harrisburg25.4 mi away
7%34
3
Upper Paxton16.2 mi away
4%21
4
Lower Swatara26.1 mi away
3%15
5
Porter5.7 mi away
3%15
6
Hegins7.4 mi away
3%15
7
Gratz5.5 mi away
3%14
8
Lower Paxton20.7 mi away
2%12
9
Williams1 mi away
2%12
10
Williamstown (in town)right here
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%328

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.

20%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Williamstown is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamstown are

82 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

82 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Williamstown residents hold

514 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−41%

Jobs based in Williamstown, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 82. 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.

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