Jamestown vs Russell Springs

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

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

Russell Springs has the higher population (2,755 vs 2,021 in Jamestown). Russell Springs has the higher median household income ($37,500 vs $25,602 in Jamestown). Russell Springs has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $119,200 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
Population	2,021	2,755
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,602	$37,500
Median home value	$119,200	$170,300
Median gross rent	$538	$747
Housing units	905	1,283
Homeownership rate	43.1%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
Population	2,187 → 2,021 (-7.6%)	2,565 → 2,755 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$24,688 → $25,602 (+3.7%)	$30,925 → $37,500 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $119,200 (+17.3%)	$90,800 → $170,300 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$524 → $538 (+2.7%)	$539 → $747 (+38.6%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1872,021

Median household income

$24,688$25,602

Median home value

$101,600$119,200

Median gross rent

$524$538

Russell Springs

Population

2,5652,755

Median household income

$30,925$37,500

Median home value

$90,800$170,300

Median gross rent

$539$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
Under 5	8.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	13.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.7%
75 and over	9.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
No high school diploma	18.6%	18.1%
High school graduate	47.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
Drove alone	83.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
1-unit, detached	54.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	11.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Russell Springs
Poverty rate	45.6%	26.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1984	1984