Maxwell vs Williams

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

Maxwell 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 1,174 in Maxwell). Williams has the higher median household income ($93,138 vs $64,286 in Maxwell). Williams has the higher median home value ($339,900 vs $234,400 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Maxwell	Williams
Population	1,174	5,569
Median age	27.7 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$93,138
Median home value	$234,400	$339,900
Median gross rent	$1,356	$1,296
Housing units	403	1,721
Homeownership rate	66.0%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxwell	Williams
Population	1,076 → 1,174 (+9.1%)	5,228 → 5,569 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$64,239 → $64,286 (+0.1%)	$65,580 → $93,138 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$210,300 → $234,400 (+11.5%)	$229,500 → $339,900 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,356 (+46.0%)	$925 → $1,296 (+40.1%)

Maxwell

Population

1,0761,174

Median household income

$64,239$64,286

Median home value

$210,300$234,400

Median gross rent

$929$1,356

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)

	Maxwell	Williams
Under 5	5.9%	10.2%
5 to 17	26.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	4.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxwell	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	26.6%	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	1.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	72.2%	85.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxwell	Williams
No high school diploma	41.1%	33.7%
High school graduate	25.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxwell	Williams
Drove alone	76.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	17.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxwell	Williams
1-unit, detached	95.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Maxwell	Williams
Poverty rate	19.7%	5.9%
Average household size	3.14	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1958	1995