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Williamstown, NJ
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Williamstown profile


Living in Williamstown



Williamstown is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 15,082 people and six associated neighborhoods, Williamstown is the 127th largest community in New Jersey.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Williamstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

One downside of living in Williamstown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Williamstown, the average commute to work is 34.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Williamstown is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.23% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Williamstown in 2018 was $41,032, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,128 for a family of four. However, Williamstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Williamstown is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Williamstown include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

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