Jamestown vs Thorntown

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (1,225 vs 1,155 in Thorntown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($70,083 vs $69,875 in Thorntown). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $173,400 in Thorntown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Thorntown
Population	1,225	1,155
Median age	36.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,083	$69,875
Median home value	$180,400	$173,400
Median gross rent	$941	$871
Housing units	493	495
Homeownership rate	65.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Thorntown
Population	989 → 1,225 (+23.9%)	1,231 → 1,155 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $70,083 (+21.9%)	$50,515 → $69,875 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $180,400 (+51.9%)	$106,800 → $173,400 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $941 (+2.0%)	$791 → $871 (+10.1%)

Jamestown

Population

9891,225

Median household income

$57,500$70,083

Median home value

$118,800$180,400

Median gross rent

$923$941

Thorntown

Population

1,2311,155

Median household income

$50,515$69,875

Median home value

$106,800$173,400

Median gross rent

$791$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Thorntown
Under 5	9.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	24.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	5.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.5%
75 and over	2.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Thorntown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Thorntown
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Thorntown
Drove alone	88.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Thorntown
1-unit, detached	75.7%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Thorntown
Poverty rate	4.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1958	1952