Pittsfield vs Williamstown

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (43,559 vs 4,352 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $68,386 in Pittsfield). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($436,900 vs $233,700 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
Population	43,559	4,352
Median age	43.2 yrs	21.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,386	$82,917
Median home value	$233,700	$436,900
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,244
Housing units	21,589	1,499
Homeownership rate	61.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
Population	42,766 → 43,559 (+1.9%)	4,506 → 4,352 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$51,411 → $68,386 (+33.0%)	$82,917 → $82,917 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$174,300 → $233,700 (+34.1%)	$374,600 → $436,900 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,094 (+22.5%)	$986 → $1,244 (+26.2%)

Pittsfield

Population

42,76643,559

Median household income

$51,411$68,386

Median home value

$174,300$233,700

Median gross rent

$893$1,094

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)

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	48.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	5.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	75.4%
Black or African American	4.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
No high school diploma	7.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	29.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
Drove alone	75.7%	28.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.8%
Walked	3.0%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	52.3%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	18.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pittsfield	Williamstown
Poverty rate	13.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.17	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1950	1945