Penrose vs Williamsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Penrose and Williamsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Penrose and Williamsburg are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Penrose has the higher population (3,978 vs 963 in Williamsburg). Penrose has the higher median household income ($75,109 vs $54,886 in Williamsburg). Penrose has the higher median home value ($276,100 vs $218,300 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Penrose	Williamsburg
Population	3,978	963
Median age	44.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,109	$54,886
Median home value	$276,100	$218,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,327
Housing units	1,541	325
Homeownership rate	83.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penrose	Williamsburg
Population	3,034 → 3,978 (+31.1%)	525 → 963 (+83.4%)
Median household income	$66,481 → $75,109 (+13.0%)	$47,692 → $54,886 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$195,000 → $276,100 (+41.6%)	$129,400 → $218,300 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,070 → $1,218 (+13.8%)	$863 → $1,327 (+53.8%)

Penrose

Population

3,0343,978

Median household income

$66,481$75,109

Median home value

$195,000$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,218

Williamsburg

Population

525963

Median household income

$47,692$54,886

Median home value

$129,400$218,300

Median gross rent

$863$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penrose	Williamsburg
Under 5	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.1%
75 and over	8.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penrose	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penrose	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penrose	Williamsburg
Drove alone	82.8%	81.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penrose	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	71.3%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	44.0%

Poverty & households

	Penrose	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	12.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.81	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1985	1992