Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Typical home $497,528 (+1.7% in a year). Pittsfield, MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,440 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,126 +2%
- $489,402$497,528 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $104,435 +27%
- $393,092$497,528 since Sep 2021
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.
- Williamstown$2,611
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Williamstown, MA rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Williamstown, in Berkshire County, had 4,308 people in the 2020 census. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Berkshire County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Williamstown is a small college town in the Berkshires, and it is young for a place its size, because so many residents are students. Most adults here hold a four-year degree, and most homes are lived in by their owners, though a good number of residents rent. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are mild and pleasant, and precipitation is steady across the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and professional and business services. Williams College is the largest workplace in town, and The Williams Inn and Jack Miller Contractors are also among the biggest employers. Commutes are short, and a fair number of people work from home. Across Berkshire County, jobs have slipped slightly over the past year, and unemployment is little changed from a year ago.
Things to do. The Clark Art Institute and the Williams College Museum of Art are both in or beside town, so an afternoon among paintings requires no real travel. Mountain Meadow Preserve, a protected area, is also in or beside town for a quiet walk. A short drive away, Mount Greylock State Reservation offers wooded protected land, and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is another museum within easy reach.
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- 1,534households
- 75%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 12 mintypical commute
- 22%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berkshire County had 57,806 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 58°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North Adams Harriman Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Williamstown
- Williams CollegeUniversity or college1,351
- The Williams InnAuto courts, lodging54
- Jack Miller ContractorsResidential construction, single-family, general contractors22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 76 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Williamstown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Berkshire County and the Pittsfield, MA metro.
Williamstown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Williamstown$497,528
- Massachusetts$655,219
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Williamstown listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Williamstown24.80%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Williamstown37
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Williamstown7
Zip codes with a Williamstown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Williamstown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.