City safety & data profile
WilliamsburgVA
Williamsburg, VA is a 15K-resident city in Williamsburg city with a median household income of $75,604.
Williamsburg city, Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Williamsburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Williamsburg has a population larger than 27% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $428,100, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 15K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 28%
- By size
- $75,604
- Median income (place)
- $428,100
- Median home (place)
- 18.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Williamsburg
Williamsburg posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Williamsburg area.
- Bottom 45%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Williamsburg
Composite score · Williamsburg, VA
52/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Williamsburg income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$75,604 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in VA
Population among 102 VA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA
454,808 residents
- Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
238,005 residents
- Chesapeake
Chesapeake, VA
235,429 residents
- Richmond
Richmond, VA
226,610 residents
- Arlington
Arlington, VA
207,627 residents
- Newport News
Newport News, VA
186,247 residents
- Alexandria 159,467
Alexandria, VA
159,467 residents
- Hampton 137,148
Hampton, VA
137,148 residents
- Roanoke 100,011
Roanoke, VA
100,011 residents
- Portsmouth 96,201
Portsmouth, VA
96,201 residents
What this shows Virginia Beach tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Great Falls instead.
Top earners by city in VA
The same 102-city VA pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Great Falls
Great Falls, VA
$250,001 median
- McLean
McLean, VA
$250,001 median
- Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap, VA
$250,001 median
- Bull Run
Bull Run, VA
$241,933 median
- Broadlands
Broadlands, VA
$241,042 median
- Lowes Island
Lowes Island, VA
$220,833 median
- Vienna
Vienna, VA
$216,953 median
- Fort Hunt
Fort Hunt, VA
$216,038 median
- Dranesville
Dranesville, VA
$214,688 median
- Fairfax Station
Fairfax Station, VA
$212,224 median
What this shows Great Falls posts the highest place-level median income in VA; Virginia Beach is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Williamsburg, VA beyond the headline numbers
Williamsburg sits inside Williamsburg city, Virginia, at roughly 37.27°N, -76.71°W. Population 15,052, $75,604 median household income. Median home value $428,100, median rent $1,407. Poverty rate 18.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Williamsburg, 5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 59.7°F annual average, 51.4" precipitation.
Williamsburg's median age is 23.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
The median home in Williamsburg costs around 5.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
18.8% of Williamsburg, VA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.5% in Williamsburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
6.7% unemployment puts Williamsburg in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
45.8% of Williamsburg adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
18.1% of Williamsburg workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Williamsburg, VA runs $1,407/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Williamsburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Williamsburg city): Williamsburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
What stands out most about Williamsburg's economic profile: poverty rate at 18.8%, 52% above the average across tracked places. Median household income also diverges: $75,604, 15% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 18.8% +52% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 45.8% |
| Work From Home | 18.1% |
| Public Transit | 1.8% |
Population
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 3 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20242.1% below national average
Metro area: Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
What alerts and safety updates affect Williamsburg?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Williamsburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet VA-WILLIAMSBURG-VA · Williamsburg
Williamsburg: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Williamsburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Virginia state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Williamsburg, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside VA (18.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside VA ($75,604 here).
Compare Williamsburg with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Using Williamsburg's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Williamsburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Williamsburg against Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Virginia
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Williamsburg city) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.