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Williamsburg, VA

15,564 Population
8.9 square miles 1,741.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24 ±1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,732 ±$3,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $42,791 ±$471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $49,217 ±$253
$70,206 ±$7,102 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $80,533 ±$761
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Virginia: $90,974 ±$485

14.1% ±2.8% (1,520  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 10.9% 188,496 (±0.3% / ±5,691)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 834,866 (±0.2% / ±13,292)

17.1 minutes ±1 (89,170  ±10,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 24.8 19,777,904 (±0.2 / ±181,770)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Virginia: 27.6 99,473,730 (±0.1 / ±440,621)

Families

4,973 ±255 Number of households
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 701,116 ±2,162
  • Virginia: 3,326,260 ±8,075
2.2 ±0.1 (10,751  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 2.5 1,727,050 (±0 / ±661)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,421,111

4.2% ±1.8% (220  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 5.3% 22,560 (±0.3% / ±1,171)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,110 (±0.1% / ±2,842)

Housing

5,767 ±37 Number of housing units
  • the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 758,459 ±422
  • Virginia: 3,654,784 ±946

$393,200 ±$44,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: $318,000 ±$2,137
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Virginia: $360,700 ±$1,182

29.9% ±3.8% (4,634  ±584.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 15% 264,848 (±0.4% / ±6,626.4)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 13.5% 1,160,281 (±0.2% / ±13,601.2)

Social

93.1% ±7.1% (7,073  ±579) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 92.8% 1,125,268 (±0.7% / ±8,096.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Virginia: 91.3% 5,442,729 (±0.3% / ±19,700.2)
48.5% ±4.9% (3,683  ±386.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 35.1% 425,782 (±0.4% / ±4,711.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 41.5% 2,471,630 (±0.2% / ±12,953.7)

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

10.5% (1,626  ±291) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 6.8% 120,493
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 12.9% 1,120,207

6.6% ±1.3% (915  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area: 15% 195,777 (±0.3% / ±3,322)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.6% 637,971 (±0.1% / ±5,935)
915 Total veterans ±173 855 Male ±163 60 Female ±41

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