Fredonia vs Jamestown

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (28,401 vs 9,601 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($47,694 vs $44,878 in Jamestown). Fredonia has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $79,100 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Jamestown
Population	9,601	28,401
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,694	$44,878
Median home value	$184,400	$79,100
Median gross rent	$866	$755
Housing units	4,358	14,442
Homeownership rate	56.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Jamestown
Population	10,464 → 9,601 (-8.2%)	29,504 → 28,401 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$49,071 → $47,694 (-2.8%)	$33,420 → $44,878 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$130,700 → $184,400 (+41.1%)	$63,200 → $79,100 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $866 (+16.7%)	$616 → $755 (+22.6%)

Fredonia

Population

10,4649,601

Median household income

$49,071$47,694

Median home value

$130,700$184,400

Median gross rent

$742$866

Jamestown

Population

29,50428,401

Median household income

$33,420$44,878

Median home value

$63,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$616$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Jamestown
Under 5	3.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	30.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.2%
75 and over	9.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	77.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Jamestown
No high school diploma	6.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Jamestown
Drove alone	69.6%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.9%	1.4%
Walked	10.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.7%
Other means	3.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	53.7%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	34.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Jamestown
Poverty rate	24.0%	24.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1951	1938