Jamestown vs Pine Mountain Lake

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (3,777 vs 2,758 in Pine Mountain Lake). Pine Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($68,000 vs $51,886 in Jamestown). Pine Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($381,000 vs $350,600 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	3,777	2,758
Median age	41.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,886	$68,000
Median home value	$350,600	$381,000
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,488
Housing units	2,032	3,101
Homeownership rate	58.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
Population	3,107 → 3,777 (+21.6%)	2,772 → 2,758 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$45,547 → $51,886 (+13.9%)	$56,667 → $68,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$190,200 → $350,600 (+84.3%)	$309,200 → $381,000 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,061 (+21.3%)	$749 → $1,488 (+98.7%)

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

Pine Mountain Lake

Population

2,7722,758

Median household income

$56,667$68,000

Median home value

$309,200$381,000

Median gross rent

$749$1,488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	24.5%
75 and over	13.5%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	23.1%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	53.9%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
Drove alone	85.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	52.8%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Pine Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.8%
Average household size	1.86	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1981	1984