Martinsburg vs Williamsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and Williamsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Martinsburg and Williamsburg are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Martinsburg has the higher population (1,724 vs 1,162 in Williamsburg). Martinsburg has the higher median household income ($69,038 vs $46,818 in Williamsburg). Martinsburg has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $117,100 in Williamsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
Population	1,724	1,162
Median age	44.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,038	$46,818
Median home value	$153,200	$117,100
Median gross rent	$790	$620
Housing units	734	544
Homeownership rate	73.2%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
Population	1,689 → 1,724 (+2.1%)	1,131 → 1,162 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $69,038 (+43.5%)	$46,528 → $46,818 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $153,200 (+11.4%)	$91,200 → $117,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $790 (+21.2%)	$570 → $620 (+8.8%)

Martinsburg

Population

1,6891,724

Median household income

$48,125$69,038

Median home value

$137,500$153,200

Median gross rent

$652$790

Williamsburg

Population

1,1311,162

Median household income

$46,528$46,818

Median home value

$91,200$117,100

Median gross rent

$570$620

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.7%
75 and over	17.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	44.0%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
Drove alone	82.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
1-unit, detached	70.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Williamsburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	15.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1958	1948