Boaz vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (2,977 vs 1,374 in Boaz). Boaz has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $75,577 in Williamstown). Boaz has the higher median home value ($227,400 vs $164,100 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Boaz	Williamstown
Population	1,374	2,977
Median age	48.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$75,577
Median home value	$227,400	$164,100
Median gross rent	$1,274	$848
Housing units	567	1,571
Homeownership rate	85.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boaz	Williamstown
Population	1,638 → 1,374 (-16.1%)	2,915 → 2,977 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$68,611 → $92,708 (+35.1%)	$68,182 → $75,577 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $227,400 (+48.5%)	$141,000 → $164,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,274 (+26.5%)	$747 → $848 (+13.5%)

Boaz

Population

1,6381,374

Median household income

$68,611$92,708

Median home value

$153,100$227,400

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,274

Williamstown

Population

2,9152,977

Median household income

$68,182$75,577

Median home value

$141,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$747$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boaz	Williamstown
Under 5	2.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	22.0%	18.1%
75 and over	7.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boaz	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boaz	Williamstown
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	43.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boaz	Williamstown
Drove alone	81.6%	85.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boaz	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	89.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Boaz	Williamstown
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1983	1958