Jamaica vs Yale

A side-by-side comparison of Jamaica and Yale: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamaica and Yale are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Yale has the higher population (337 vs 202 in Jamaica). Yale has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $53,750 in Jamaica). Yale has the higher median home value ($74,700 vs $65,700 in Jamaica).

Population, income & housing

	Jamaica	Yale
Population	202	337
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$80,938
Median home value	$65,700	$74,700
Median gross rent	$536	$940
Housing units	113	140
Homeownership rate	70.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamaica	Yale
Population	282 → 202 (-28.4%)	265 → 337 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$38,021 → $53,750 (+41.4%)	$46,042 → $80,938 (+75.8%)
Median home value	$63,000 → $65,700 (+4.3%)	$79,500 → $74,700 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $536 (-10.1%)	$763 → $940 (+23.2%)

Jamaica

Population

282202

Median household income

$38,021$53,750

Median home value

$63,000$65,700

Median gross rent

$596$536

Yale

Population

265337

Median household income

$46,042$80,938

Median home value

$79,500$74,700

Median gross rent

$763$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamaica	Yale
Under 5	7.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	37.4%
18 to 24	15.3%	0.9%
25 to 34	4.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	23.7%
45 to 54	3.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	5.3%
75 and over	7.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamaica	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamaica	Yale
No high school diploma	13.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamaica	Yale
Drove alone	81.1%	83.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamaica	Yale
1-unit, detached	81.4%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamaica	Yale
Poverty rate	17.5%	4.5%
Average household size	1.87	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938