Jamestown vs Spiritwood Lake

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

Jamestown and Spiritwood Lake 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 166 in Spiritwood Lake). Since 2019, Spiritwood Lake's population has grown faster (+55.1% vs +3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
Population	15,774	166
Median age	39.3 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,809	—
Median home value	$192,500	—
Median gross rent	$741	—
Housing units	7,728	131
Homeownership rate	55.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
Population	15,289 → 15,774 (+3.2%)	107 → 166 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$51,789 → $54,809 (+5.8%)	$71,875 → $188,000 (+161.6%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $192,500 (+32.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$680 → $741 (+9.0%)	—

Jamestown

Population

15,28915,774

Median household income

$51,789$54,809

Median home value

$144,800$192,500

Median gross rent

$680$741

Spiritwood Lake

Population

107166

Median household income

$71,875$188,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	1.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	44.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	21.1%
75 and over	9.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
Drove alone	83.2%	87.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
1-unit, detached	48.0%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Spiritwood Lake
Poverty rate	13.8%	3.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1973	1989