Webster City vs Williams

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

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

Webster City has the higher population (7,769 vs 330 in Williams). Webster City has the higher median household income ($65,844 vs $50,750 in Williams). Webster City has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $85,300 in Williams).

Population, income & housing

	Webster City	Williams
Population	7,769	330
Median age	40.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,844	$50,750
Median home value	$115,400	$85,300
Median gross rent	$878	$660
Housing units	3,685	171
Homeownership rate	65.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Webster City	Williams
Population	7,732 → 7,769 (+0.5%)	364 → 330 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$55,446 → $65,844 (+18.8%)	$49,375 → $50,750 (+2.8%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $115,400 (+19.0%)	$66,900 → $85,300 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $878 (+25.4%)	$498 → $660 (+32.5%)

Webster City

Population

7,7327,769

Median household income

$55,446$65,844

Median home value

$97,000$115,400

Median gross rent

$700$878

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)

	Webster City	Williams
Under 5	5.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	20.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	14.8%
75 and over	12.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Webster City	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Webster City	Williams
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Webster City	Williams
Drove alone	87.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Webster City	Williams
1-unit, detached	70.3%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Webster City	Williams
Poverty rate	9.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1958	1940