Floyd County vs Williamsburg city

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

Floyd 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.

Williamsburg city has the higher population (15,564 vs 15,560 in Floyd County). Williamsburg city has the higher median household income ($70,206 vs $61,401 in Floyd County). Williamsburg city has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $215,500 in Floyd County).

Population, income & housing

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,560	15,564
Median age	48.0 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,401	$70,206
Median home value	$215,500	$393,200
Median gross rent	$826	$1,361
Housing units	7,946	5,767
Homeownership rate	84.0%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,704 → 15,560 (-0.9%)	14,927 → 15,564 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$51,521 → $61,401 (+19.2%)	$57,463 → $70,206 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $215,500 (+26.2%)	$306,000 → $393,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $826 (+17.2%)	$1,193 → $1,361 (+14.1%)

Floyd County

Population

15,70415,560

Median household income

$51,521$61,401

Median home value

$170,700$215,500

Median gross rent

$705$826

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)

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
Under 5	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	40.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.8%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	67.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
Drove alone	78.6%	57.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	10.2%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
1-unit, detached	77.6%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	19.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Floyd County	Williamsburg city
Poverty rate	8.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1986	1987