Jamestown Opera House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJamestown has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 16.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Jamestown is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten stay in Jamestown for work; outside it, Xenia is the main destination (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Jamestown: the gist
Inside Jamestown’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Jamestown’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,667, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jamestown could be anywhere from D to B+.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jamestown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 898 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Jamestown
On a workday 780 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Jamestown on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Jamestown’s working residents head each day
Where Jamestown clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Jamestown’s employers do
619 jobs are based in Jamestown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 619. 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.
Jamestown’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Jamestown, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 969 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Jamestown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jamestown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Jamestown ranks 3,234th of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,232 | Monroe Township PA | 2,029 | $67K | 7.3% | 3.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,233 | Middletown IN | 2,248 | $56K | 12.7% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,234 | Jamestown OH | 2,121 | $57K | 16.4% | 4.3% | 9% | C |
| 3,235 | Brady Township MI | 2,138 | $67K | 7.5% | 4.9% | 4% | C |
| 3,236 | Groveland NY | 2,086 | $82K | 14.1% | 6.2% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jamestown, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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?
$56,667 (±$14,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jamestown?
16.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jamestown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jamestown work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Xenia (8%, 11 mi), Dayton (8%, 26 mi), Beavercreek (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jamestown walkable?
Jamestown is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jamestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.