Jamestown West vs Silver Creek

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

Jamestown West 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.

Silver Creek has the higher population (2,619 vs 2,398 in Jamestown West). Silver Creek has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $64,034 in Jamestown West). Jamestown West has the higher median home value ($145,400 vs $119,500 in Silver Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
Population	2,398	2,619
Median age	55.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,034	$66,250
Median home value	$145,400	$119,500
Median gross rent	$880	$918
Housing units	1,222	1,248
Homeownership rate	67.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
Population	2,542 → 2,398 (-5.7%)	2,426 → 2,619 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$65,977 → $64,034 (-2.9%)	$59,766 → $66,250 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $145,400 (+45.4%)	$85,600 → $119,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $880 (+11.5%)	$867 → $918 (+5.9%)

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

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 West	Silver Creek
Under 5	7.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	20.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	21.0%	9.9%
75 and over	11.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
No high school diploma	5.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
Drove alone	93.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
1-unit, detached	75.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown West	Silver Creek
Poverty rate	5.6%	17.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	12	31
Median year structure built	1964	1938