Work & commute · Williamson

Work & commute in Williamson, WV

About one in 5 of Williamson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are South Williamson (6%), Pikeville (6%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

214 of 983 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 769 Williamson residents head out of town to work, 214 work right here, and 1,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williamson.

769live here, work elsewhere

214live and work here

1,068work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williamson goes to work

Williamson (in town)right here

22%214

South Williamson, KY1.2 mi away

6%61

Pikeville, KY19.6 mi away

6%58

Charleston58.2 mi away

4%42

Delbarton5.1 mi away

2%20

Logan19.7 mi away

2%18

South Charleston55.2 mi away

2%17

Huntington51.7 mi away

2%15

Beckley61 mi away

1%14

West Logan20.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%511

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

How far

How far Williamson commutes

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

42%

19%

31%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williamson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Williamson are

1,282 jobs are based in Williamson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williamson

1,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Williamson residents hold

983 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−34%

Jobs based in Williamson, 2013 → 2023: 1,957 → 1,282. 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.