Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Williamstown
Williamstown covers about 47 square miles of Berkshire County, roughly 161 people to the square mile, which makes it a small and rural town by land area even though most of its residents live in the compact center around Williams College. About one resident in seven is under 18, a low share for Massachusetts, in part because thousands of college students live here who are not counted as town children. Just under three quarters of the town’s homes are lived in by their owners. The median household income is $97,813 and the poverty rate is 11.1 percent. About one resident in twelve 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): 7,513
- Households: 2,520
- Persons per household: 2.1
- Foreign-born: 8.4% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 23.1%
- Under 18: 15.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 81.5%
- Asian: 6.4%
- Black or African American: 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.0%
- Two or more races: 6.5%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 11.0%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $97,813
- Poverty rate: 11.1%
- Median home value: $449,800
- Median gross rent: $1,278
- Homeownership: 72.6% of units
- In the labor force: 56.7%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Williamstown’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before anyone tells you how this town votes.
- Total registered: 4,650
- Unenrolled (no party): 2,533 (54.47%)
- Democrats: 1,884 (40.52%)
- Republicans: 211 (4.54%)
Sources
See how Williamstown fits into the broader Commonwealth.