Jamestown West vs Lakewood

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (2,975 vs 2,398 in Jamestown West). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($70,962 vs $64,034 in Jamestown West). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $145,400 in Jamestown West).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
Population	2,398	2,975
Median age	55.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$70,962
Median home value	$145,400	$146,300
Median gross rent	$880	$1,132
Housing units	1,222	1,610
Homeownership rate	67.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
Population	2,542 → 2,398 (-5.7%)	2,847 → 2,975 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$65,977 → $64,034 (-2.9%)	$53,882 → $70,962 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $145,400 (+45.4%)	$113,700 → $146,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $880 (+11.5%)	$735 → $1,132 (+54.0%)

Jamestown West

Population

2,5422,398

Median household income

$65,977$64,034

Median home value

$100,000$145,400

Median gross rent

$789$880

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 West	Lakewood
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	21.0%	11.6%
75 and over	11.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
Drove alone	93.9%	84.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	75.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown West	Lakewood
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1964	1957