What is the population of Williamston city?

Williamston city has 3,800 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #215 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Williamston city?

Median household income in Williamston city is $73,902 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Williamston city?

Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $215,000, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Williamston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Williamston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Williamston, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Williamston, Michigan (Williamston, MI — Census place “Williamston city”) is 3,800 residents, ranking #215 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $73,902, the median home is worth $215,000 and median gross rent runs $972 a month. Looking for the Williamston Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Williamston, MI: 48895.

Population: 3,800Williamston city residents
Median household income: $73,902Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $215,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $972Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.4%Owner-occupied households

Williamston ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Williamston.

The Williamston MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48895

What the numbers mean in Williamston city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Williamston city median would spend about 15.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 73.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Williamston city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Williamston city is a small town in Michigan, with 3,800 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #215 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Williamston city earn a median of $73,902 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% above the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Williamston city is valued at $215,000, 29.1% below the national figure and 29% above the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $972 a month, 30.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Williamston city?: Williamston city has 3,800 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #215 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Williamston city?: Median household income in Williamston city is $73,902 a year, 5.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Williamston city?: Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $215,000, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Williamston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Williamston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Williamston city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.