Williamsburg, Missouri.
Typical home $257,957 (+18.4% in a year). Jefferson City, MO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$476 (+54%) since Feb 2022.
- 1 year
- Up $40,075 +18%
- $217,882$257,957 since Sep 2025
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Williamsburg$1,354
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Williamsburg, MO rose 18.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Williamsburg, Callaway County, Missouri
The Census does not count Williamsburg on its own, so the figures here are Callaway County's. Half the county's households earn more than $74,176 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 76% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Callaway County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Callaway County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Williamsburg is a small town in Callaway County, Missouri. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Snow falls in most winters, and rain and melted snow make the year fairly wet. Across Callaway County, most homes are lived in by their owners.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, shops, government and manufacturing. Across Callaway County, unemployment has eased over the past year, while the number of jobs has dipped a little. Few residents work from home, and a minority of adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. Graham Cave State Park, a protected area a short drive away, is one of the nearest natural places to visit. Graham Cave, an archaeological site also a short drive off, reflects the long human history of the region. The National Churchill Museum, a museum a longer drive away, is another option for a day out.
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- 16,485households
- 39.4median age
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Callaway County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Callaway County had 14,759 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 19 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fulton weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Callaway County
- FultonGeneral warehousing and storage570
- William Woods UniversityUniversity or college359
- Avail Infrastructure SolutionsBus bar structures, switchgear-type, manufacturing255
- Fulton 58 SchoolsSchool district255FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters233
- Westminster CollegeUniversity or college220
- North Callaway Co. R-I SchoolsSchool district160FTE
- South Callaway Co. R-II SchoolsSchool district137FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 25 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,055 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Callaway County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Callaway County and the Jefferson City, MO metro.
Williamsburg home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Williamsburg$257,957
- Missouri$265,387
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Zip codes with a Williamsburg address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Williamsburg — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.