Jamesville vs Oak City

A side-by-side comparison of Jamesville and Oak City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak City has the higher population (472 vs 373 in Jamesville). Oak City has the higher median household income ($60,739 vs $43,319 in Jamesville). Jamesville has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $87,400 in Oak City).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesville	Oak City
Population	373	472
Median age	46.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,319	$60,739
Median home value	$94,800	$87,400
Median gross rent	$923	$950
Housing units	280	250
Homeownership rate	71.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesville	Oak City
Population	495 → 373 (-24.6%)	257 → 472 (+83.7%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $43,319 (+61.2%)	$40,417 → $60,739 (+50.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $94,800 (+5.3%)	$83,600 → $87,400 (+4.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $923 (+42.0%)	$615 → $950 (+54.5%)

Jamesville

Population

495373

Median household income

$26,875$43,319

Median home value

$90,000$94,800

Median gross rent

$650$923

Oak City

Population

257472

Median household income

$40,417$60,739

Median home value

$83,600$87,400

Median gross rent

$615$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesville	Oak City
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	24.9%	21.6%
75 and over	6.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesville	Oak City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	26.7%
Black or African American	23.1%	71.2%
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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesville	Oak City
No high school diploma	10.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesville	Oak City
Drove alone	80.7%	87.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.6%
Other means	2.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesville	Oak City
1-unit, detached	73.2%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Jamesville	Oak City
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.6%
Average household size	1.85	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1965	1953