Nottoway County vs Williamsburg city

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

Nottoway 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.

Nottoway County has the higher population (15,597 vs 15,564 in Williamsburg city). Williamsburg city has the higher median household income ($70,206 vs $62,161 in Nottoway County). Williamsburg city has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $179,800 in Nottoway County).

Population, income & housing

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,597	15,564
Median age	41.2 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,161	$70,206
Median home value	$179,800	$393,200
Median gross rent	$1,009	$1,361
Housing units	6,683	5,767
Homeownership rate	69.2%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
Population	15,433 → 15,597 (+1.1%)	14,927 → 15,564 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$45,535 → $62,161 (+36.5%)	$57,463 → $70,206 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $179,800 (+18.8%)	$306,000 → $393,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,009 (+31.0%)	$1,193 → $1,361 (+14.1%)

Nottoway County

Population

15,43315,597

Median household income

$45,535$62,161

Median home value

$151,400$179,800

Median gross rent

$770$1,009

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)

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
Under 5	5.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	8.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	40.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	67.3%
Black or African American	37.5%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
No high school diploma	14.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
Drove alone	80.9%	57.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	19.3%
Other means	4.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
1-unit, detached	80.7%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	19.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Nottoway County	Williamsburg city
Poverty rate	18.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1972	1987