Chattaroy vs Williamson

A side-by-side comparison of Chattaroy and Williamson: population, income, housing, and more.

Chattaroy and Williamson are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Williamson has the higher population (2,979 vs 577 in Chattaroy). Williamson has the higher median household income ($24,119 vs $23,321 in Chattaroy). Since 2019, Williamson's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -13.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chattaroy	Williamson
Population	577	2,979
Median age	31.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,321	$24,119
Median home value	—	$93,300
Median gross rent	$903	$555
Housing units	179	1,644
Homeownership rate	59.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattaroy	Williamson
Population	668 → 577 (-13.6%)	2,803 → 2,979 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$53,158 → $23,321 (-56.1%)	$24,058 → $24,119 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $82,800 (-6.5%)	$82,400 → $93,300 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $903 (-13.2%)	$627 → $555 (-11.5%)

Chattaroy

Population

668577

Median household income

$53,158$23,321

Median home value

$88,600$82,800

Median gross rent

$1,040$903

Williamson

Population

2,8032,979

Median household income

$24,058$24,119

Median home value

$82,400$93,300

Median gross rent

$627$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattaroy	Williamson
Under 5	20.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.8%	25.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	6.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattaroy	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattaroy	Williamson
No high school diploma	23.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattaroy	Williamson
Drove alone	100.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattaroy	Williamson
1-unit, detached	68.2%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Chattaroy	Williamson
Poverty rate	86.7%	32.3%
Average household size	3.58	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1986	1955