College City vs Williams

A side-by-side comparison of College City and Williams: population, income, housing, and more.

College City and Williams are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Williams has the higher population (5,569 vs 575 in College City). Williams has the higher median household income ($93,138 vs $64,130 in College City). College City has the higher median home value ($441,700 vs $339,900 in Williams).

Population, income & housing

	College City	Williams
Population	575	5,569
Median age	38.3 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,130	$93,138
Median home value	$441,700	$339,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,296
Housing units	154	1,721
Homeownership rate	52.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College City	Williams
Population	170 → 575 (+238.2%)	5,228 → 5,569 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $64,130 (-10.8%)	$65,580 → $93,138 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$292,500 → $441,700 (+51.0%)	$229,500 → $339,900 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$925 → $1,296 (+40.1%)

College City

Population

170575

Median household income

$71,875$64,130

Median home value

$292,500$441,700

Williams

Population

5,2285,569

Median household income

$65,580$93,138

Median home value

$229,500$339,900

Median gross rent

$925$1,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	College City	Williams
Under 5	4.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	33.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	3.8%	19.1%
35 to 44	18.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	4.0%
75 and over	10.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College City	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	33.6%	14.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	85.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College City	Williams
No high school diploma	45.4%	33.7%
High school graduate	21.8%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College City	Williams
Drove alone	60.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	27.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	12.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College City	Williams
1-unit, detached	83.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	College City	Williams
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.9%
Average household size	3.73	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1945	1995