Jamestown vs Whitsett

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

Jamestown and Whitsett 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 592 in Whitsett). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($90,542 vs $66,625 in Whitsett). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $201,800 in Whitsett).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Whitsett
Population	3,685	592
Median age	43.8 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,542	$66,625
Median home value	$266,600	$201,800
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,577
Housing units	1,600	436
Homeownership rate	78.7%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Whitsett
Population	4,148 → 3,685 (-11.2%)	732 → 592 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$60,814 → $90,542 (+48.9%)	$58,750 → $66,625 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$219,600 → $266,600 (+21.4%)	$183,900 → $201,800 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,260 (+38.8%)	$783 → $1,577 (+101.4%)

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

Whitsett

Population

732592

Median household income

$58,750$66,625

Median home value

$183,900$201,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Whitsett
Under 5	3.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	22.1%
65 to 74	17.7%	17.2%
75 and over	7.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Whitsett
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	84.8%
Black or African American	9.6%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Whitsett
No high school diploma	1.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Whitsett
Drove alone	79.6%	93.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Whitsett
1-unit, detached	62.7%	96.8%
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%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Whitsett
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1989	1986