Jamestown vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (2,680 vs 297 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($58,889 vs $45,370 in Tipton). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $119,900 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Tipton
Population	297	2,680
Median age	46.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,889	$45,370
Median home value	$139,800	$119,900
Median gross rent	$579	$768
Housing units	180	739
Homeownership rate	82.9%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Tipton
Population	443 → 297 (-33.0%)	3,372 → 2,680 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$50,179 → $58,889 (+17.4%)	$43,021 → $45,370 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$105,600 → $139,800 (+32.4%)	$102,100 → $119,900 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$406 → $579 (+42.6%)	$549 → $768 (+39.9%)

Jamestown

Population

443297

Median household income

$50,179$58,889

Median home value

$105,600$139,800

Median gross rent

$406$579

Tipton

Population

3,3722,680

Median household income

$43,021$45,370

Median home value

$102,100$119,900

Median gross rent

$549$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Tipton
Under 5	2.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	19.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	17.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.6%
75 and over	13.5%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Tipton
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Tipton
Drove alone	78.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Tipton
1-unit, detached	77.2%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Tipton
Poverty rate	9.4%	17.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	42	30
Median year structure built	1974	1971