Emlyn vs Williamsburg

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

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

Williamsburg has the higher population (5,226 vs 527 in Emlyn). Emlyn has the higher median household income ($59,911 vs $32,431 in Williamsburg). Emlyn has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $108,800 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
Population	527	5,226
Median age	31.2 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,911	$32,431
Median home value	$152,700	$108,800
Median gross rent	$730	$685
Housing units	214	1,974
Homeownership rate	58.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	18.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
Population	558 → 527 (-5.6%)	5,260 → 5,226 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$66,289 → $59,911 (-9.6%)	$27,342 → $32,431 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $152,700 (+103.9%)	$95,200 → $108,800 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $730 (+7.7%)	$582 → $685 (+17.7%)

Emlyn

Population

558527

Median household income

$66,289$59,911

Median home value

$74,900$152,700

Median gross rent

$678$730

Williamsburg

Population

5,2605,226

Median household income

$27,342$32,431

Median home value

$95,200$108,800

Median gross rent

$582$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
Under 5	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	31.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	32.3%
25 to 34	4.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	19.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.7%
65 to 74	2.5%	3.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	2.5%	23.5%
High school graduate	42.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
Drove alone	87.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	81.3%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Emlyn	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	19.2%	31.6%
Average household size	3.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1986	1979