Jamestown vs Pleasant Garden

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

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

Pleasant Garden has the higher population (4,989 vs 3,685 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($90,542 vs $88,482 in Pleasant Garden). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $212,700 in Pleasant Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
Population	3,685	4,989
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,542	$88,482
Median home value	$266,600	$212,700
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,114
Housing units	1,600	2,244
Homeownership rate	78.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
Population	4,148 → 3,685 (-11.2%)	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,814 → $90,542 (+48.9%)	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$219,600 → $266,600 (+21.4%)	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,260 (+38.8%)	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)

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

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
Under 5	3.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	12.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
No high school diploma	1.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
Drove alone	79.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
1-unit, detached	62.7%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Pleasant Garden
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	15	28
Median year structure built	1989	1979