Gilbert Creek vs Williamson

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

Gilbert Creek 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 1,119 in Gilbert Creek). Williamson has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $92,700 in Gilbert Creek). Since 2019, Williamson's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
Population	1,119	2,979
Median age	45.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,119
Median home value	$92,700	$93,300
Median gross rent	—	$555
Housing units	517	1,644
Homeownership rate	94.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
Population	1,193 → 1,119 (-6.2%)	2,803 → 2,979 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $77,763 (+63.0%)	$24,058 → $24,119 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $92,700 (+55.0%)	$82,400 → $93,300 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$627 → $555 (-11.5%)

Gilbert Creek

Population

1,1931,119

Median household income

$47,708$77,763

Median home value

$59,800$92,700

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)

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
Under 5	0.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	23.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.3%
75 and over	0.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
No high school diploma	30.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
Drove alone	88.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	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)

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
1-unit, detached	66.3%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert Creek	Williamson
Poverty rate	15.3%	32.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1980	1955