Brunswick County vs Williamsburg city

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick County and Williamsburg city: population, income, housing, and more.

Brunswick County and Williamsburg city are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brunswick County has the higher population (15,868 vs 15,564 in Williamsburg city). Williamsburg city has the higher median household income ($70,206 vs $52,978 in Brunswick County). Williamsburg city has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $132,700 in Brunswick County).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,868	15,564
Median age	44.4 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,978	$70,206
Median home value	$132,700	$393,200
Median gross rent	$864	$1,361
Housing units	7,935	5,767
Homeownership rate	72.5%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
Population	16,520 → 15,868 (-3.9%)	14,927 → 15,564 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$44,434 → $52,978 (+19.2%)	$57,463 → $70,206 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $132,700 (+18.3%)	$306,000 → $393,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $864 (+29.3%)	$1,193 → $1,361 (+14.1%)

Brunswick County

Population

16,52015,868

Median household income

$44,434$52,978

Median home value

$112,200$132,700

Median gross rent

$668$864

Williamsburg city

Population

14,92715,564

Median household income

$57,463$70,206

Median home value

$306,000$393,200

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,361

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
Under 5	4.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	40.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.8%
75 and over	8.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	67.3%
Black or African American	53.2%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
No high school diploma	20.6%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.7%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
Drove alone	81.0%	57.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.5%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.5%	19.3%
Other means	3.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
1-unit, detached	66.7%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	19.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick County	Williamsburg city
Poverty rate	15.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1981	1987