Great Barrington vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (4,352 vs 1,953 in Great Barrington). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $57,071 in Great Barrington). Great Barrington has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $436,900 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
Population	1,953	4,352
Median age	55.0 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,071	$82,917
Median home value	$459,000	$436,900
Median gross rent	$1,142	$1,244
Housing units	1,075	1,499
Homeownership rate	64.5%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
Population	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Great Barrington

Population

2,0701,953

Median household income

$49,368$57,071

Median home value

$384,600$459,000

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,142

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)

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
Under 5	7.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	48.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	5.9%	4.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	5.8%
65 to 74	21.6%	9.6%
75 and over	14.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
Drove alone	65.7%	28.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	2.5%
Public transit	3.4%	0.8%
Walked	5.3%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	60.6%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	18.1%
20 or more units	11.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Barrington	Williamstown
Poverty rate	4.6%	15.9%
Average household size	1.93	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1938	1945