Hamburg vs Williamsville

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and Williamsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hamburg and Williamsville are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hamburg has the higher population (9,762 vs 5,430 in Williamsville). Hamburg has the higher median household income ($109,028 vs $106,250 in Williamsville). Williamsville has the higher median home value ($242,800 vs $238,000 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Williamsville
Population	9,762	5,430
Median age	40.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,028	$106,250
Median home value	$238,000	$242,800
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,277
Housing units	3,953	2,805
Homeownership rate	80.5%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Williamsville
Population	9,636 → 9,762 (+1.3%)	5,233 → 5,430 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$79,784 → $109,028 (+36.7%)	$71,625 → $106,250 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $238,000 (+39.9%)	$170,800 → $242,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,019 (+13.7%)	$986 → $1,277 (+29.5%)

Hamburg

Population

9,6369,762

Median household income

$79,784$109,028

Median home value

$170,100$238,000

Median gross rent

$896$1,019

Williamsville

Population

5,2335,430

Median household income

$71,625$106,250

Median home value

$170,800$242,800

Median gross rent

$986$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	Williamsville
Under 5	4.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	9.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.0%
75 and over	7.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Williamsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Williamsville
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	13.5%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Williamsville
Drove alone	78.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	22.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Williamsville
1-unit, detached	77.8%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Williamsville
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.45	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1955	1951