California vs Jamestown

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

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

California has the higher population (4,523 vs 297 in Jamestown). California has the higher median household income ($60,506 vs $58,889 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $123,700 in California).

Population, income & housing

	California	Jamestown
Population	4,523	297
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,506	$58,889
Median home value	$123,700	$139,800
Median gross rent	$773	$579
Housing units	2,121	180
Homeownership rate	68.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	California	Jamestown
Population	4,405 → 4,523 (+2.7%)	443 → 297 (-33.0%)
Median household income	$49,904 → $60,506 (+21.2%)	$50,179 → $58,889 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $123,700 (+11.1%)	$105,600 → $139,800 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $773 (+27.8%)	$406 → $579 (+42.6%)

California

Population

4,4054,523

Median household income

$49,904$60,506

Median home value

$111,300$123,700

Median gross rent

$605$773

Jamestown

Population

443297

Median household income

$50,179$58,889

Median home value

$105,600$139,800

Median gross rent

$406$579

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	California	Jamestown
Under 5	3.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	7.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.4%
75 and over	7.1%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	California	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	California	Jamestown
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	California	Jamestown
Drove alone	80.8%	78.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	California	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	77.7%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	California	Jamestown
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.20	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	42
Median year structure built	1970	1974