Affton vs Old Jamestown

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

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

Old Jamestown has the higher population (21,121 vs 20,035 in Affton). Old Jamestown has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $77,337 in Affton). Old Jamestown has the higher median home value ($230,100 vs $200,300 in Affton).

Population, income & housing

	Affton	Old Jamestown
Population	20,035	21,121
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,337	$107,250
Median home value	$200,300	$230,100
Median gross rent	$978	$1,706
Housing units	9,278	7,232
Homeownership rate	80.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Affton	Old Jamestown
Population	20,148 → 20,035 (-0.6%)	19,777 → 21,121 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $77,337 (+26.8%)	$88,904 → $107,250 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$149,300 → $200,300 (+34.2%)	$176,800 → $230,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $978 (+10.5%)	$1,432 → $1,706 (+19.1%)

Affton

Population

20,14820,035

Median household income

$60,969$77,337

Median home value

$149,300$200,300

Median gross rent

$885$978

Old Jamestown

Population

19,77721,121

Median household income

$88,904$107,250

Median home value

$176,800$230,100

Median gross rent

$1,432$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Affton	Old Jamestown
Under 5	6.3%	8.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Affton	Old Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	20.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	66.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.6%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Affton	Old Jamestown
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Affton	Old Jamestown
Drove alone	76.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	20.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Affton	Old Jamestown
1-unit, detached	83.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Affton	Old Jamestown
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.26	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1959	1985