Jamestown vs Medina

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

Jamestown and Medina 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 242 in Medina). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($54,809 vs $51,875 in Medina). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($192,500 vs $75,000 in Medina).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Medina
Population	15,774	242
Median age	39.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,809	$51,875
Median home value	$192,500	$75,000
Median gross rent	$741	$598
Housing units	7,728	178
Homeownership rate	55.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Medina
Population	15,289 → 15,774 (+3.2%)	291 → 242 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$51,789 → $54,809 (+5.8%)	$49,844 → $51,875 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $192,500 (+32.9%)	$69,300 → $75,000 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $741 (+9.0%)	$571 → $598 (+4.7%)

Jamestown

Population

15,28915,774

Median household income

$51,789$54,809

Median home value

$144,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$680$741

Medina

Population

291242

Median household income

$49,844$51,875

Median home value

$69,300$75,000

Median gross rent

$571$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Medina
Under 5	5.6%	10.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	20.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.7%
75 and over	9.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Medina
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.1%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Medina
No high school diploma	8.1%	16.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Medina
Drove alone	83.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	15.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Medina
1-unit, detached	48.0%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Medina
Poverty rate	13.8%	20.2%
Average household size	1.98	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1973	1965