Williamstown is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,964 people and two associated neighborhoods, Williamstown is the 108th largest community in Kentucky.Williamstown is a blue-collar town, with 41.01% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Williamstown is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Williamstown who work in office and administrative support (20.67%), management occupations (7.23%), and food service (5.66%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.33% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Williamstown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Williamstown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small city, Williamstown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Williamstown is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.85% of adults 25 and older in Williamstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Williamstown in 2022 was $26,350, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,400 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Williamstown include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Williamstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and French.
