Grayson County vs Williamsburg city

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

Grayson 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 15,323 in Grayson County). Williamsburg city has the higher median household income ($70,206 vs $42,864 in Grayson County). Williamsburg city has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $132,300 in Grayson County).

Population, income & housing

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,323	15,564
Median age	48.5 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,864	$70,206
Median home value	$132,300	$393,200
Median gross rent	$712	$1,361
Housing units	8,961	5,767
Homeownership rate	81.9%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,742 → 15,323 (-2.7%)	14,927 → 15,564 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$36,544 → $42,864 (+17.3%)	$57,463 → $70,206 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $132,300 (+28.6%)	$306,000 → $393,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $712 (+36.9%)	$1,193 → $1,361 (+14.1%)

Grayson County

Population

15,74215,323

Median household income

$36,544$42,864

Median home value

$102,900$132,300

Median gross rent

$520$712

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)

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
Under 5	3.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	8.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	40.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.8%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	67.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
No high school diploma	15.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.8%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
Drove alone	81.3%	57.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.0%
Public transit	1.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.2%	19.3%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
1-unit, detached	77.5%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	19.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Grayson County	Williamsburg city
Poverty rate	18.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1975	1987