Mineralwells vs Williamstown

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

Mineralwells 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 2,489 in Mineralwells). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($75,577 vs $68,940 in Mineralwells). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $156,400 in Mineralwells).

Population, income & housing

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
Population	2,489	2,977
Median age	33.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,940	$75,577
Median home value	$156,400	$164,100
Median gross rent	$927	$848
Housing units	965	1,571
Homeownership rate	66.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
Population	2,082 → 2,489 (+19.5%)	2,915 → 2,977 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$83,000 → $68,940 (-16.9%)	$68,182 → $75,577 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $156,400 (+2.2%)	$141,000 → $164,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $927 (+16.2%)	$747 → $848 (+13.5%)

Mineralwells

Population

2,0822,489

Median household income

$83,000$68,940

Median home value

$153,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$798$927

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)

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
Under 5	14.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	18.1%
75 and over	8.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
Drove alone	85.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	68.8%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Mineralwells	Williamstown
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.70	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1978	1958