Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Jamestown earns its living
Employers in Jamestown report 397 jobs; 486 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Jamestown; the top destination outside it is Indianapolis (32%, 28 miles). The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Jamestown stands out on work
Jamestown makes and builds things
92% of the jobs based in Jamestown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jamestown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Jamestown and Indianapolis trade workers both ways
Indianapolis is the top workplace for Jamestown residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Jamestown come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Jamestown pay over $40,000 a year
79% of the jobs based in Jamestown pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 486 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Jamestown, 92% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 397. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Jamestown to work: where people go
Where Jamestown clocks in
32% of workers
11% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many people are in Jamestown by day
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Jamestown, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jamestown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Jamestown commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Jamestown: questions
What is the median household income in Jamestown?
$71,048 (±$14,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jamestown?
7.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jamestown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jamestown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (32%, 28 mi), Lebanon (11%, 11 mi), Carmel (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jamestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jamestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jamestown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.