Blairsburg vs Williams

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

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

Williams has the higher population (330 vs 163 in Blairsburg). Blairsburg has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $50,750 in Williams). Blairsburg has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $85,300 in Williams).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsburg	Williams
Population	163	330
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$50,750
Median home value	$101,400	$85,300
Median gross rent	—	$660
Housing units	72	171
Homeownership rate	95.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsburg	Williams
Population	168 → 163 (-3.0%)	364 → 330 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $83,000 (+35.5%)	$49,375 → $50,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $101,400 (+38.5%)	$66,900 → $85,300 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$498 → $660 (+32.5%)

Blairsburg

Population

168163

Median household income

$61,250$83,000

Median home value

$73,200$101,400

Williams

Population

364330

Median household income

$49,375$50,750

Median home value

$66,900$85,300

Median gross rent

$498$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsburg	Williams
Under 5	8.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	20.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.8%
75 and over	14.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsburg	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.2%
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	2.5%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsburg	Williams
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsburg	Williams
Drove alone	72.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsburg	Williams
1-unit, detached	97.2%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Blairsburg	Williams
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1964	1940