Rantoul vs Williamsburg

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

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

Williamsburg has the higher population (383 vs 114 in Rantoul). Williamsburg has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $55,000 in Rantoul). Rantoul has the higher median home value ($104,900 vs $98,500 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
Population	114	383
Median age	52.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$57,708
Median home value	$104,900	$98,500
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	74	161
Homeownership rate	98.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
Population	185 → 114 (-38.4%)	388 → 383 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $55,000 (+33.3%)	$39,514 → $57,708 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$71,700 → $104,900 (+46.3%)	$81,700 → $98,500 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)	$831 → $950 (+14.3%)

Rantoul

Population

185114

Median household income

$41,250$55,000

Median home value

$71,700$104,900

Median gross rent

$625$675

Williamsburg

Population

388383

Median household income

$39,514$57,708

Median home value

$81,700$98,500

Median gross rent

$831$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
Under 5	1.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.1%
75 and over	14.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	95.8%
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	7.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	2.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	64.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
Drove alone	83.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	13.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	64.9%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.1%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Rantoul	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1978	1969