Jamestown vs Westfield

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

Jamestown and Westfield 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 2,937 in Westfield). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($44,878 vs $43,385 in Westfield). Westfield has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $79,100 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Westfield
Population	28,401	2,937
Median age	38.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,878	$43,385
Median home value	$79,100	$91,700
Median gross rent	$755	$667
Housing units	14,442	1,490
Homeownership rate	49.8%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Westfield
Population	29,504 → 28,401 (-3.7%)	2,611 → 2,937 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$33,420 → $44,878 (+34.3%)	$41,053 → $43,385 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $79,100 (+25.2%)	$79,300 → $91,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $755 (+22.6%)	$671 → $667 (-0.6%)

Jamestown

Population

29,50428,401

Median household income

$33,420$44,878

Median home value

$63,200$79,100

Median gross rent

$616$755

Westfield

Population

2,6112,937

Median household income

$41,053$43,385

Median home value

$79,300$91,700

Median gross rent

$671$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Westfield
Under 5	7.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	1.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.9%
75 and over	7.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Westfield
No high school diploma	12.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Westfield
Drove alone	71.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	2.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Westfield
1-unit, detached	53.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	34.9%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Westfield
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1938	1938