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Williamstown, WV

2,977 Population
1.5 square miles 1,996.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$43,787 ±$6,781 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $32,948 ±$1,228
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$75,577 ±$24,058 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $56,029 ±$2,579
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

6.3% ±3.6% (187  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 15% 13,138 (±1.3% / ±1,148)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.8 minutes ±4.2 (22,240  ±3,688) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 20.7 702,365 (±0.7 / ±31,722)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,450 ±107 Number of households
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 37,777 ±602
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.2 (2,977  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 2.3 87,863 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.1% ±6% (25  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 7.1% † 1,296 (±1.4% / ±249)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,571 ±126 Number of housing units
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 43,019 ±52
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$164,100 ±$24,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $151,600 ±$6,105
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

7.3% ±4.3% (214  ±125.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 9.3% † 8,160 (±1% / ±878.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

97.9% ±12.6% (2,318  ±314.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 90.4% 57,722 (±2.6% / ±1,670)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
44.9% ±8.9% (1,062  ±215.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 22.6% 14,397 (±1.4% / ±865.9)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

12.5% ±4.4% (310  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 9.1% 6,342 (±0.8% / ±561)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
310 Total veterans ±109 287 Male ±102 23 Female ±21

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