Jamesville vs Williamston

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

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

Williamston has the higher population (5,157 vs 373 in Jamesville). Jamesville has the higher median household income ($43,319 vs $40,556 in Williamston). Williamston has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $94,800 in Jamesville).

Population, income & housing

	Jamesville	Williamston
Population	373	5,157
Median age	46.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,319	$40,556
Median home value	$94,800	$108,900
Median gross rent	$923	$621
Housing units	280	2,839
Homeownership rate	71.8%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamesville	Williamston
Population	495 → 373 (-24.6%)	5,312 → 5,157 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$26,875 → $43,319 (+61.2%)	$36,707 → $40,556 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $94,800 (+5.3%)	$96,000 → $108,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $923 (+42.0%)	$653 → $621 (-4.9%)

Jamesville

Population

495373

Median household income

$26,875$43,319

Median home value

$90,000$94,800

Median gross rent

$650$923

Williamston

Population

5,3125,157

Median household income

$36,707$40,556

Median home value

$96,000$108,900

Median gross rent

$653$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamesville	Williamston
Under 5	2.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	18.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	5.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	24.9%	14.9%
75 and over	6.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamesville	Williamston
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	39.6%
Black or African American	23.1%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamesville	Williamston
No high school diploma	10.4%	22.1%
High school graduate	18.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamesville	Williamston
Drove alone	80.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	13.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	8.7%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamesville	Williamston
1-unit, detached	73.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamesville	Williamston
Poverty rate	7.8%	30.6%
Average household size	1.85	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1965	1962