Williamstown is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,965 people and two associated neighborhoods, Williamstown is the 74th largest community in West Virginia. Williamstown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Of important note, Williamstown is also a city of artists. Williamstown has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Williamstown’s character.

Also of interest is that Williamstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.26% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Williamstown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Williamstown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Williamstown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small city, Williamstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Williamstown are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.08% of adults in Williamstown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Williamstown in 2022 was $42,496, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,984 for a family of four. However, Williamstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Williamstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Williamstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Williamstown include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Williamstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.