Palmdale vs Williamstown

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

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

Palmdale has the higher population (1,507 vs 1,289 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $60,449 in Palmdale). Palmdale has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $95,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Palmdale	Williamstown
Population	1,507	1,289
Median age	32.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,449	$61,875
Median home value	$221,500	$95,200
Median gross rent	$1,385	$917
Housing units	672	612
Homeownership rate	38.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmdale	Williamstown
Population	1,252 → 1,507 (+20.4%)	1,234 → 1,289 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$60,313 → $60,449 (+0.2%)	$47,679 → $61,875 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$176,500 → $221,500 (+25.5%)	$72,600 → $95,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,385 (+44.6%)	$658 → $917 (+39.4%)

Palmdale

Population

1,2521,507

Median household income

$60,313$60,449

Median home value

$176,500$221,500

Median gross rent

$958$1,385

Williamstown

Population

1,2341,289

Median household income

$47,679$61,875

Median home value

$72,600$95,200

Median gross rent

$658$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmdale	Williamstown
Under 5	7.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	22.8%	6.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.1%
75 and over	4.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmdale	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.9%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmdale	Williamstown
No high school diploma	11.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmdale	Williamstown
Drove alone	75.6%	66.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	18.9%
Public transit	8.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	6.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmdale	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	29.9%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	18.2%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Palmdale	Williamstown
Poverty rate	27.4%	22.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1976	1938