Jamestown vs Phoenix Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and Phoenix Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamestown and Phoenix Lake are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Phoenix Lake has the higher population (4,505 vs 3,777 in Jamestown). Phoenix Lake has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $51,886 in Jamestown). Phoenix Lake has the higher median home value ($455,000 vs $350,600 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
Population	3,777	4,505
Median age	41.8 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,886	$78,750
Median home value	$350,600	$455,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,724
Housing units	2,032	2,200
Homeownership rate	58.5%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
Population	3,107 → 3,777 (+21.6%)	4,511 → 4,505 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$45,547 → $51,886 (+13.9%)	$71,397 → $78,750 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $350,600 (+84.3%)	$346,100 → $455,000 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,061 (+21.3%)	$1,445 → $1,724 (+19.3%)

Jamestown

Population

3,1073,777

Median household income

$45,547$51,886

Median home value

$190,200$350,600

Median gross rent

$875$1,061

Phoenix Lake

Population

4,5114,505

Median household income

$71,397$78,750

Median home value

$346,100$455,000

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
Under 5	5.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	16.2%
75 and over	13.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	53.9%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
Drove alone	85.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	1.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	8.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
1-unit, detached	52.8%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Phoenix Lake
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1981	1978