Jamestown vs Sedalia

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (3,685 vs 680 in Sedalia). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($90,542 vs $78,750 in Sedalia). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $172,400 in Sedalia).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Sedalia
Population	3,685	680
Median age	43.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,542	$78,750
Median home value	$266,600	$172,400
Median gross rent	$1,260	—
Housing units	1,600	298
Homeownership rate	78.7%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Sedalia
Population	4,148 → 3,685 (-11.2%)	501 → 680 (+35.7%)
Median household income	$60,814 → $90,542 (+48.9%)	$52,578 → $78,750 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$219,600 → $266,600 (+21.4%)	$146,900 → $172,400 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,260 (+38.8%)	$870 → $956 (+9.9%)

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

Sedalia

Population

501680

Median household income

$52,578$78,750

Median home value

$146,900$172,400

Median gross rent

$870$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Sedalia
Under 5	3.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	17.7%	16.2%
75 and over	7.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Sedalia
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	10.4%
Black or African American	9.6%	76.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Sedalia
No high school diploma	1.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Sedalia
Drove alone	79.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Sedalia
1-unit, detached	62.7%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	2.3%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Sedalia
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1989	1985