WilliamsOR
A town of 760, settled in 1881.
Is Williams a good place to live?
18% of the land in Williams is conserved, where Oregon’s towns sit at 4.4% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Williams has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
760 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Williams: who provides what
Williams is unincorporated, so Josephine County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Williams.
45% of residents are 65 or older
Among 143 Oregon towns, just 5 have a higher age of the median resident than Williams. 46% of Williams adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more, above both the Oregon town median (27%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%).
| Williams | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 46% | 27% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 67% women
The Census survey reached too few of Williams’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.1 points. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Williams | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.1% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.3% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 23.4% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 2.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.4% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 800, single groups can be off by several points
The schools Williams’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Public schools: Three Rivers/Josephine County SD. 77 students attend Williams’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 77 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
Williams stands out in Oregon and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Nearly three fifths of Williams’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by inland flooding at 31%. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: 17.7% of Williams
7.5 miles of trail. Williams’ density of trails comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people working in Williams commute elsewhere
The median commute is under 19 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Williams rose by 205, to 309. For most workers, Williams is a place to come home to: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grants Pass (22%), Medford (12%) and Portland (4%).
| Williams | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Williams is
14% of adults in Williams have diabetes; 38% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 26 in all: Williams beats Oregon on 1 and trails on 12. The share of adults in Williams who sleep under 7 hours: 31%.
| Williams | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| What stands out | Williams | OR |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 75.7% | 71.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Oregon and the rest of the country, more of Williams’ households live in a home they own
The typical home value in Williams is about $465,000, down 0.8% in a year, 6% below the Oregon typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Williams
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Williams
About 0 of every 100 Williams residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
About Williams
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Williams is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Williams had a population of 1,102. There were three different post offices in the area named for their proximity to Williams Creek: Williams, Williamsburg and Williams Creek (in Jackson County). Williams Creek, which flows into the Applegate River, was named for Captain Robert Williams, who fought against Rogue River Indians along the creek during the Rogue River Wars of 1855–6. Williams post office was established in 1881 and is about six miles upstream from Provolt on Williams Creek, and two miles west of the Jackson-Josephine county line. The commu…
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- Established
- 1881
- Area
- 78 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,380 ft
- ZIP code
- 97544
- Area code
- 458, 541
Questions about Williams
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Williams, OR a good place to live?
Williams has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.