Jamesville vs Parmele

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

Jamesville and Parmele 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 288 in Parmele). Jamesville has the higher median household income ($43,319 vs $28,971 in Parmele). Jamesville has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $81,900 in Parmele).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesville	Parmele
Population	373	288
Median age	46.5 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,319	$28,971
Median home value	$94,800	$81,900
Median gross rent	$923	$1,042
Housing units	280	165
Homeownership rate	71.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesville	Parmele
Population	495 → 373 (-24.6%)	211 → 288 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $43,319 (+61.2%)	$32,292 → $28,971 (-10.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $94,800 (+5.3%)	$69,100 → $81,900 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $923 (+42.0%)	$810 → $1,042 (+28.6%)

Jamesville

Population

495373

Median household income

$26,875$43,319

Median home value

$90,000$94,800

Median gross rent

$650$923

Parmele

Population

211288

Median household income

$32,292$28,971

Median home value

$69,100$81,900

Median gross rent

$810$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesville	Parmele
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	8.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	3.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	36.8%
65 to 74	24.9%	20.1%
75 and over	6.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesville	Parmele
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	36.8%
Black or African American	23.1%	62.5%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesville	Parmele
No high school diploma	10.4%	20.0%
High school graduate	18.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesville	Parmele
Drove alone	80.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	15.6%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesville	Parmele
1-unit, detached	73.2%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamesville	Parmele
Poverty rate	7.8%	34.0%
Average household size	1.85	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1965	1976