Bear Grass vs Jamesville

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Grass and Jamesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jamesville has the higher population (373 vs 94 in Bear Grass). Bear Grass has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $43,319 in Jamesville). Bear Grass has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $94,800 in Jamesville).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
Population	94	373
Median age	31.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$43,319
Median home value	$98,200	$94,800
Median gross rent	$675	$923
Housing units	39	280
Homeownership rate	76.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
Population	89 → 94 (+5.6%)	495 → 373 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $58,125 (+18.7%)	$26,875 → $43,319 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $98,200 (-0.1%)	$90,000 → $94,800 (+5.3%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $675 (-2.5%)	$650 → $923 (+42.0%)

Bear Grass

Population

8994

Median household income

$48,958$58,125

Median home value

$98,300$98,200

Median gross rent

$692$675

Jamesville

Population

495373

Median household income

$26,875$43,319

Median home value

$90,000$94,800

Median gross rent

$650$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
Under 5	23.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	3.2%	5.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	24.9%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	70.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
No high school diploma	1.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	11.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
Drove alone	90.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear Grass	Jamesville
Poverty rate	1.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.41	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1963	1965