Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Williamsburg
Williamsburg spreads across about 25.5 square miles of hills and river valley in Hampshire County, west of Northampton. It is an older town than most in the Commonwealth: about one resident in five is 65 or over. More than four in five of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.4 people, and about one resident in twenty was born outside the United States. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 2,504
- Households: 1,128
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 5.1% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 21.7%
- Under 18: 19.5%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 94.4%
- Asian: 1.7%
- Black or African American: 0.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.8%
- Two or more races: 2.9%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 7.7%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $108,500
- Poverty rate: 4.3%
- Median home value: $379,500
- Median gross rent: $1,377
- Homeownership: 83.9% of units
- In the labor force: 77.0%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Williamsburg’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 2,165
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,279 (59.08%)
- Democrats: 767 (35.43%)
- Republicans: 106 (4.90%)
Sources
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