Bowersville vs Jamestown

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (2,241 vs 237 in Bowersville). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($59,028 vs $54,432 in Bowersville). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $114,600 in Bowersville).

Population, income & housing

	Bowersville	Jamestown
Population	237	2,241
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,432	$59,028
Median home value	$114,600	$142,300
Median gross rent	$967	$798
Housing units	101	985
Homeownership rate	64.0%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowersville	Jamestown
Population	350 → 237 (-32.3%)	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $54,432 (+32.0%)	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $114,600 (+40.1%)	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $967 (+17.8%)	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)

Bowersville

Population

350237

Median household income

$41,250$54,432

Median home value

$81,800$114,600

Median gross rent

$821$967

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowersville	Jamestown
Under 5	3.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	3.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	23.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.5%
75 and over	3.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowersville	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowersville	Jamestown
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	48.4%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowersville	Jamestown
Drove alone	76.2%	84.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowersville	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	95.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bowersville	Jamestown
Poverty rate	1.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1945	1943