Lee vs Williamstown

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

Lee 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 1,522 in Lee). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $70,306 in Lee). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($436,900 vs $265,900 in Lee).

Population, income & housing

	Lee	Williamstown
Population	1,522	4,352
Median age	47.9 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,306	$82,917
Median home value	$265,900	$436,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,244
Housing units	883	1,499
Homeownership rate	67.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee	Williamstown
Population	1,717 → 1,522 (-11.4%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$55,686 → $70,306 (+26.3%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $265,900 (+12.0%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,193 (+48.2%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Lee

Population

1,7171,522

Median household income

$55,686$70,306

Median home value

$237,500$265,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,193

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)

	Lee	Williamstown
Under 5	1.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	6.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	48.1%
25 to 34	20.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	4.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	5.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.6%
75 and over	16.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee	Williamstown
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.6%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee	Williamstown
Drove alone	68.5%	28.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.5%
Public transit	3.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.2%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	48.0%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	18.1%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lee	Williamstown
Poverty rate	9.3%	15.9%
Average household size	1.75	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1938	1945