Jamestown vs Stokesdale

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

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

Stokesdale has the higher population (5,943 vs 3,685 in Jamestown). Stokesdale has the higher median household income ($135,389 vs $90,542 in Jamestown). Stokesdale has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $266,600 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
Population	3,685	5,943
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,542	$135,389
Median home value	$266,600	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,260	$783
Housing units	1,600	1,969
Homeownership rate	78.7%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
Population	4,148 → 3,685 (-11.2%)	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$60,814 → $90,542 (+48.9%)	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$219,600 → $266,600 (+21.4%)	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,260 (+38.8%)	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)

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

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	8.3%
75 and over	7.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	69.2%
Black or African American	9.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
Drove alone	79.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	18.2%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
1-unit, detached	62.7%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Stokesdale
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.35	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1989	2002