Boston vs Williamsburg

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

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

Williamsburg has the higher population (473 vs 262 in Boston). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($87,273 vs $67,734 in Boston). Williamsburg has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Williamsburg
Population	262	473
Median age	33.6 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$87,273
Median home value	$75,000	$87,300
Median gross rent	$942	—
Housing units	100	149
Homeownership rate	50.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Williamsburg
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	432 → 473 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$90,909 → $87,273 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	—

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Williamsburg

Population

432473

Median household income

$90,909$87,273

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Williamsburg
Under 5	8.0%	22.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	24.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	15.6%	20.2%
High school graduate	40.1%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Williamsburg
Drove alone	80.5%	64.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	93.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	34.3%	25.8%
Average household size	2.88	4.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1941	1938