Nortonville vs Williamstown

A side-by-side comparison of Nortonville and Williamstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nortonville has the higher population (797 vs 40 in Williamstown). Since 2019, Nortonville's population has grown faster (+14.5% vs -69.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Nortonville	Williamstown
Population	797	40
Median age	35.3 yrs	—
Median household income	$73,500	—
Median home value	$91,500	—
Median gross rent	$869	—
Housing units	315	40
Homeownership rate	73.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nortonville	Williamstown
Population	696 → 797 (+14.5%)	129 → 40 (-69.0%)
Median household income	$55,556 → $73,500 (+32.3%)	$60,729 → $65,341 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $91,500 (+15.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	—

Nortonville

Population

696797

Median household income

$55,556$73,500

Median home value

$79,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$688$869

Williamstown

Population

12940

Median household income

$60,729$65,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nortonville	Williamstown
Under 5	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	100.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	0.0%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nortonville	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nortonville	Williamstown
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nortonville	Williamstown
Drove alone	85.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nortonville	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	91.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nortonville	Williamstown
Poverty rate	19.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.62	—
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1949	—