Jamestown vs Whitestown

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

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

Whitestown has the higher population (11,276 vs 1,225 in Jamestown). Whitestown has the higher median household income ($118,884 vs $70,083 in Jamestown). Whitestown has the higher median home value ($343,900 vs $180,400 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Whitestown
Population	1,225	11,276
Median age	36.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,083	$118,884
Median home value	$180,400	$343,900
Median gross rent	$941	$1,714
Housing units	493	4,286
Homeownership rate	65.8%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Whitestown
Population	989 → 1,225 (+23.9%)	8,312 → 11,276 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $70,083 (+21.9%)	$85,000 → $118,884 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $180,400 (+51.9%)	$225,000 → $343,900 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $941 (+2.0%)	$1,317 → $1,714 (+30.1%)

Jamestown

Population

9891,225

Median household income

$57,500$70,083

Median home value

$118,800$180,400

Median gross rent

$923$941

Whitestown

Population

8,31211,276

Median household income

$85,000$118,884

Median home value

$225,000$343,900

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Whitestown
Under 5	9.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	24.0%
18 to 24	13.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	20.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	4.1%
75 and over	2.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Whitestown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	79.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Whitestown
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Whitestown
Drove alone	88.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	18.1%
Other means	0.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Whitestown
1-unit, detached	75.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Whitestown
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1958	2013