Paxtang vs Williamstown

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

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

Paxtang has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,289 in Williamstown). Paxtang has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $61,875 in Williamstown). Paxtang has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $95,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Paxtang	Williamstown
Population	1,617	1,289
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,571	$61,875
Median home value	$179,900	$95,200
Median gross rent	$1,085	$917
Housing units	694	612
Homeownership rate	76.9%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxtang	Williamstown
Population	1,726 → 1,617 (-6.3%)	1,234 → 1,289 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$73,015 → $83,571 (+14.5%)	$47,679 → $61,875 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $179,900 (+23.6%)	$72,600 → $95,200 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,085 (+11.6%)	$658 → $917 (+39.4%)

Paxtang

Population

1,7261,617

Median household income

$73,015$83,571

Median home value

$145,500$179,900

Median gross rent

$972$1,085

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)

	Paxtang	Williamstown
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.1%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxtang	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	82.0%
Black or African American	11.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxtang	Williamstown
No high school diploma	8.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	22.4%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxtang	Williamstown
Drove alone	70.5%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	18.9%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxtang	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	65.0%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Paxtang	Williamstown
Poverty rate	9.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938