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Williamstown city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Williamstown city is a Census city of 2,980 people across 1.49 square miles of land, in Wood County. Median household income is $89,013, 89.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $450,400.
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Williamstown
What Williamstown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.49 sq mi
- Water area0.32 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,999
- County holding the largest share of its areaWood County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williamstown
How many people live in Williamstown
- Population2,980
- Median age52.1
- Population under 18500 plus or minus 128
- Share under 1816.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Population 65 and over818 plus or minus 212
- Share 65 and over27.4 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Households1,408
- Family households1,014
- Share of households that are families72.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williamstown
Income and work in Williamstown
- Median household income$89,013
- Per capita income$45,262
- Civilian labor force1,518
- Employed1,489
- Unemployed29 plus or minus 33
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over2,362
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.3 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree24.0 percent plus or minus 9.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williamstown
Housing in Williamstown
- Housing units1,618
- Occupied units1,408
- Vacant units210 plus or minus 115
- Vacancy rate13.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied1,260
- Renter occupied148 plus or minus 104
- Ownership rate89.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$182,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$839
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.3 percent
- Single family units1,345
- Share single family83.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more262 plus or minus 145
- Share in buildings of two or more16.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 18
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williamstown
How Williamstown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,307
- Commuting under 15 minutes445 plus or minus 200
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.0 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more313 plus or minus 116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more23.9 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone85.1 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Worked from home9.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Williamstown
SBA 7(a) lending to Williamstown borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$450,400
- Average approval$112,600
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$340,400
- Largest approval$340,400
- Jobs supported49
- Jobs per approval12.3
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wood County, not Williamstown
Wood County context, not Williamstown figures
These are Wood County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Williamstown measurements.
- Establishments in Wood County1,901
- Employment at those establishments, Wood County29,785
- Covered employment, Wood County35,511
- Average annual pay, Wood County$54,626
- Average weekly wage, Wood County$1,051
- Housing units permitted, Wood County124
- Of those, single family, Wood County91
- County product, 2024, Wood County$4,742,729,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wood County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wood County$50,281
Every figure in this section is published for Wood County as a whole and is not a measurement of Williamstown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Williamstown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Williamstown, West Virginia?
2,980, in 1,408 households. Williamstown city covers 1.49 square miles of land, which is 1,999 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Williamstown in?
Wood County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Williamstown?
$89,013. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $182,500. Median gross rent is $839 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Williamstown businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $450,400, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Williamstown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Williamstown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Williamstown. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Williamstown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wood County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Williamstown.
Is zoning published for Williamstown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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