Forest Oaks vs Jamestown

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

Forest Oaks and Jamestown are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Oaks has the higher population (4,095 vs 3,685 in Jamestown). Forest Oaks has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $90,542 in Jamestown). Forest Oaks has the higher median home value ($294,400 vs $266,600 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
Population	4,095	3,685
Median age	48.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$90,542
Median home value	$294,400	$266,600
Median gross rent	$1,732	$1,260
Housing units	1,581	1,600
Homeownership rate	91.6%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.7%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
Population	4,108 → 4,095 (-0.3%)	4,148 → 3,685 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$94,974 → $108,250 (+14.0%)	$60,814 → $90,542 (+48.9%)
Median home value	$257,900 → $294,400 (+14.2%)	$219,600 → $266,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,202 → $1,732 (+44.1%)	$908 → $1,260 (+38.8%)

Forest Oaks

Population

4,1084,095

Median household income

$94,974$108,250

Median home value

$257,900$294,400

Median gross rent

$1,202$1,732

Jamestown

Population

4,1483,685

Median household income

$60,814$90,542

Median home value

$219,600$266,600

Median gross rent

$908$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
Under 5	2.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	17.7%
75 and over	16.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	15.5%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	16.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
Drove alone	77.8%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	92.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest Oaks	Jamestown
Poverty rate	6.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1978	1989