Red Jacket vs Williamson

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

Red Jacket 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 539 in Red Jacket). Red Jacket has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $93,300 in Williamson). Since 2019, Red Jacket's population has grown faster (+48.9% vs +6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Red Jacket	Williamson
Population	539	2,979
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,119
Median home value	$209,600	$93,300
Median gross rent	—	$555
Housing units	271	1,644
Homeownership rate	86.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Jacket	Williamson
Population	362 → 539 (+48.9%)	2,803 → 2,979 (+6.3%)
Median household income	—	$24,058 → $24,119 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $209,600 (+243.6%)	$82,400 → $93,300 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)	$627 → $555 (-11.5%)

Red Jacket

Population

362539

Median home value

$61,000$209,600

Median gross rent

$325$317

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)

	Red Jacket	Williamson
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	26.2%	9.3%
75 and over	0.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Jacket	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	83.8%
Black or African American	26.2%	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	3.2%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Jacket	Williamson
No high school diploma	20.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	19.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Jacket	Williamson
Drove alone	73.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	27.0%	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)

	Red Jacket	Williamson
1-unit, detached	66.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Red Jacket	Williamson
Poverty rate	54.5%	32.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1949	1955