Jamestown vs Lakewood

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

Jamestown and Lakewood 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 2,975 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $44,878 in Jamestown). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $79,100 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Lakewood
Population	28,401	2,975
Median age	38.2 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,878	$70,962
Median home value	$79,100	$146,300
Median gross rent	$755	$1,132
Housing units	14,442	1,610
Homeownership rate	49.8%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Lakewood
Population	29,504 → 28,401 (-3.7%)	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$33,420 → $44,878 (+34.3%)	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $79,100 (+25.2%)	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $755 (+22.6%)	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)

Jamestown

Population

29,50428,401

Median household income

$33,420$44,878

Median home value

$63,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$616$755

Lakewood

Population

2,8472,975

Median household income

$53,882$70,962

Median home value

$113,700$146,300

Median gross rent

$735$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Lakewood
Under 5	7.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	85.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Lakewood
No high school diploma	12.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Lakewood
Drove alone	71.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	9.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	53.5%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	34.9%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Lakewood
Poverty rate	24.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1938	1957