Grants Pass vs Williams

A side-by-side comparison of Grants Pass and Williams: population, income, housing, and more.

Grants Pass and Williams are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grants Pass has the higher population (39,183 vs 1,030 in Williams). Williams has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $56,877 in Grants Pass). Williams has the higher median home value ($541,400 vs $364,200 in Grants Pass).

Population, income & housing

	Grants Pass	Williams
Population	39,183	1,030
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,877	$76,875
Median home value	$364,200	$541,400
Median gross rent	$1,160	—
Housing units	17,164	485
Homeownership rate	56.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grants Pass	Williams
Population	37,545 → 39,183 (+4.4%)	1,390 → 1,030 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$44,185 → $56,877 (+28.7%)	$66,563 → $76,875 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$231,800 → $364,200 (+57.1%)	$317,400 → $541,400 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,160 (+24.9%)	$1,359 → $1,548 (+13.9%)

Grants Pass

Population

37,54539,183

Median household income

$44,185$56,877

Median home value

$231,800$364,200

Median gross rent

$929$1,160

Williams

Population

1,3901,030

Median household income

$66,563$76,875

Median home value

$317,400$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grants Pass	Williams
Under 5	5.8%	11.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.5%
75 and over	9.6%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grants Pass	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grants Pass	Williams
No high school diploma	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grants Pass	Williams
Drove alone	74.0%	9.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	30.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	29.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	31.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grants Pass	Williams
1-unit, detached	68.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grants Pass	Williams
Poverty rate	15.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1982	1990