WILLIAMSON COUNTY BY THE NUMBERS POPULATION DATA New U.S. Census data showed that Williamson County’s population increased by 35.23% in the past decade, rising from 183,182 in 2010 to 247,726 in 2020. The county’s Williamson 2040 plan predicts population growth could hit 530,000 residents in Williamson County by 2040. More than 80% of Williamson County residents are white, but census data showed an almost 25 percent increase in Black residents. Hispanic or Latinx went up by nearly 75 percent. Residents who identify as two or more races grew as a category by 464.5%.
$115,507
EDUCATION LEVEL
95.4% high school grad or higher
about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 88% about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 61.8% Bachelor’s degree or higher more than double the rate in Tennessee: 28.7% nearly double the rate in United States: 33.1% Post-grad: 23% more than double the rate in Tennessee: 11% more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13%
5%
No degree
20%
Some college
14%
is the median household income
High school
more than double the amount in Tennessee: $56,071 more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $65,712 Only 4.5 percent of the population lives below the poverty line about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 13.9% about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3%
TRANSPORTATION
28.4
minutes is the mean travel time to work
39%
about 10 percent higher than the state mean: 25.9 a little higher than the United States mean: 27.6 Worked at home: 13% more than double the rate in Tennessee: 6% more than double the rate in United States: 6%
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GUIDE TO WILLIAMSON COUNTY
23%
Post-grad
Bachelor’s
3.3%
Williamson County regularly has one of the lowest unemployment rates, typically hovering around 3.3 percent and even remaining mostly consistent throughout the pandemic.
