Dry Ridge vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (3,929 vs 2,250 in Dry Ridge). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($71,761 vs $53,641 in Dry Ridge). Dry Ridge has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $159,100 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
Population	2,250	3,929
Median age	31.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,641	$71,761
Median home value	$193,200	$159,100
Median gross rent	$785	$770
Housing units	976	1,586
Homeownership rate	45.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
Population	2,161 → 2,250 (+4.1%)	3,905 → 3,929 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $53,641 (+99.6%)	$40,973 → $71,761 (+75.1%)
Median home value	$147,300 → $193,200 (+31.2%)	$130,500 → $159,100 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $785 (+13.6%)	$719 → $770 (+7.1%)

Dry Ridge

Population

2,1612,250

Median household income

$26,875$53,641

Median home value

$147,300$193,200

Median gross rent

$691$785

Williamstown

Population

3,9053,929

Median household income

$40,973$71,761

Median home value

$130,500$159,100

Median gross rent

$719$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
Under 5	9.4%	11.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.9%
75 and over	5.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
No high school diploma	20.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
Drove alone	84.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	53.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Dry Ridge	Williamstown
Poverty rate	24.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1987	1972