Housatonic vs Williamstown

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

Housatonic 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 1,054 in Housatonic). Housatonic has the higher median household income ($86,920 vs $82,917 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($436,900 vs $429,200 in Housatonic).

Population, income & housing

	Housatonic	Williamstown
Population	1,054	4,352
Median age	46.9 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,920	$82,917
Median home value	$429,200	$436,900
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,244
Housing units	618	1,499
Homeownership rate	66.9%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Housatonic	Williamstown
Population	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Housatonic

Population

7531,054

Median household income

$35,481$86,920

Median home value

$275,000$429,200

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,259

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)

	Housatonic	Williamstown
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	48.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	4.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	7.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	5.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.6%
75 and over	9.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Housatonic	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	75.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Housatonic	Williamstown
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	12.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Housatonic	Williamstown
Drove alone	76.9%	28.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Housatonic	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	72.8%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	18.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Housatonic	Williamstown
Poverty rate	4.5%	15.9%
Average household size	1.97	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1938	1945