Jamestown vs Kensal

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

Jamestown and Kensal are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamestown has the higher population (15,774 vs 229 in Kensal). Kensal has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $54,809 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $90,000 in Kensal).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Kensal
Population	15,774	229
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,809	$80,000
Median home value	$192,500	$90,000
Median gross rent	$741	—
Housing units	7,728	65
Homeownership rate	55.1%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Kensal
Population	15,289 → 15,774 (+3.2%)	217 → 229 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$51,789 → $54,809 (+5.8%)	$50,179 → $80,000 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $192,500 (+32.9%)	$54,200 → $90,000 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $741 (+9.0%)	$850 → $856 (+0.7%)

Jamestown

Population

15,28915,774

Median household income

$51,789$54,809

Median home value

$144,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$680$741

Kensal

Population

217229

Median household income

$50,179$80,000

Median home value

$54,200$90,000

Median gross rent

$850$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Kensal
Under 5	5.6%	21.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	12.8%	0.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	20.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	4.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	9.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Kensal
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Kensal
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Kensal
Drove alone	83.2%	95.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Kensal
1-unit, detached	48.0%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Kensal
Poverty rate	13.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.98	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	12	25
Median year structure built	1973	1949