Parkersburg vs Williamstown

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

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (29,461 vs 2,977 in Williamstown). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($75,577 vs $44,675 in Parkersburg). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $113,900 in Parkersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
Population	29,461	2,977
Median age	41.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,675	$75,577
Median home value	$113,900	$164,100
Median gross rent	$746	$848
Housing units	15,234	1,571
Homeownership rate	63.6%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
Population	30,021 → 29,461 (-1.9%)	2,915 → 2,977 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$35,778 → $44,675 (+24.9%)	$68,182 → $75,577 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $113,900 (+25.0%)	$141,000 → $164,100 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $746 (+10.7%)	$747 → $848 (+13.5%)

Parkersburg

Population

30,02129,461

Median household income

$35,778$44,675

Median home value

$91,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$674$746

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)

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
Under 5	4.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	18.1%
75 and over	8.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
No high school diploma	14.5%	2.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
Drove alone	71.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.8%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	73.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Parkersburg	Williamstown
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1955	1958