Adams vs Williamstown

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

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

Adams has the higher population (5,584 vs 4,352 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $48,750 in Adams). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($436,900 vs $189,100 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Williamstown
Population	5,584	4,352
Median age	47.9 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$82,917
Median home value	$189,100	$436,900
Median gross rent	$909	$1,244
Housing units	3,294	1,499
Homeownership rate	54.8%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Williamstown
Population	5,335 → 5,584 (+4.7%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $48,750 (+1.0%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $189,100 (+19.5%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $909 (+23.5%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Adams

Population

5,3355,584

Median household income

$48,252$48,750

Median home value

$158,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$736$909

Williamstown

Population

4,5064,352

Median household income

$82,917$82,917

Median home value

$374,600$436,900

Median gross rent

$986$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Williamstown
Under 5	5.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	48.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.6%
75 and over	11.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Williamstown
No high school diploma	6.7%	1.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Williamstown
Drove alone	82.0%	28.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	17.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	39.3%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	37.8%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	18.1%
20 or more units	6.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Williamstown
Poverty rate	17.2%	15.9%
Average household size	1.88	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1938	1945