Jamestown vs Silver Creek

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

Jamestown and Silver Creek 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 2,619 in Silver Creek). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $44,878 in Jamestown). Silver Creek has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $79,100 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
Population	28,401	2,619
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,878	$66,250
Median home value	$79,100	$119,500
Median gross rent	$755	$918
Housing units	14,442	1,248
Homeownership rate	49.8%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
Population	29,504 → 28,401 (-3.7%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$33,420 → $44,878 (+34.3%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $79,100 (+25.2%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $755 (+22.6%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

Jamestown

Population

29,50428,401

Median household income

$33,420$44,878

Median home value

$63,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$616$755

Silver Creek

Population

2,4262,619

Median household income

$59,766$66,250

Median home value

$85,600$119,500

Median gross rent

$867$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
Under 5	7.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.9%
75 and over	7.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	87.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
Drove alone	71.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	53.5%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.9%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	24.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938