Williamstown vs Woodbury

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (14,855 vs 9,992 in Woodbury). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($87,021 vs $74,769 in Woodbury). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $207,900 in Woodbury).

Population, income & housing

	Williamstown	Woodbury
Population	14,855	9,992
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,021	$74,769
Median home value	$255,000	$207,900
Median gross rent	$1,262	$957
Housing units	6,082	4,591
Homeownership rate	79.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Williamstown	Woodbury
Population	14,641 → 14,855 (+1.5%)	9,861 → 9,992 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$83,232 → $87,021 (+4.6%)	$55,226 → $74,769 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $255,000 (+23.8%)	$166,400 → $207,900 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,262 (+25.8%)	$1,032 → $957 (-7.3%)

Williamstown

Population

14,64114,855

Median household income

$83,232$87,021

Median home value

$205,900$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,262

Woodbury

Population

9,8619,992

Median household income

$55,226$74,769

Median home value

$166,400$207,900

Median gross rent

$1,032$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Williamstown	Woodbury
Under 5	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.8%
75 and over	6.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Williamstown	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	51.3%
Black or African American	9.1%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Williamstown	Woodbury
No high school diploma	3.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Williamstown	Woodbury
Drove alone	81.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.9%
Public transit	1.9%	5.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Williamstown	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	79.1%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Williamstown	Woodbury
Poverty rate	7.3%	13.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1981	1947