Jamestown vs Saline

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

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

Saline has the higher population (261 vs 127 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($65,568 vs $39,500 in Saline). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $109,200 in Saline).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Saline
Population	127	261
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,568	$39,500
Median home value	$113,800	$109,200
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	107	134
Homeownership rate	90.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Saline
Population	153 → 127 (-17.0%)	482 → 261 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $65,568 (+16.2%)	$48,750 → $39,500 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $113,800 (+29.3%)	$66,000 → $109,200 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)

Jamestown

Population

153127

Median household income

$56,429$65,568

Median home value

$88,000$113,800

Saline

Population

482261

Median household income

$48,750$39,500

Median home value

$66,000$109,200

Median gross rent

$558$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Saline
Under 5	3.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	3.1%
55 to 64	22.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	26.4%
75 and over	10.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Saline
No high school diploma	29.5%	31.2%
High school graduate	50.5%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Saline
Drove alone	66.7%	96.0%
Carpooled	19.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Saline
1-unit, detached	60.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Saline
Poverty rate	15.7%	11.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	46	28
Median year structure built	1968	1973