Jamestown vs Shawnee Hills

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

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

Shawnee Hills has the higher population (2,561 vs 2,241 in Jamestown). Shawnee Hills has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $59,028 in Jamestown). Shawnee Hills has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $142,300 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
Population	2,241	2,561
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$100,000
Median home value	$142,300	$183,500
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	985	1,057
Homeownership rate	67.7%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
Population	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)	2,316 → 2,561 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)	$78,250 → $100,000 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)	$147,100 → $183,500 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)	$1,012 → $882 (-12.8%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Shawnee Hills

Population

2,3162,561

Median household income

$78,250$100,000

Median home value

$147,100$183,500

Median gross rent

$1,012$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
Under 5	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.7%
75 and over	7.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.1%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
Drove alone	84.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
1-unit, detached	78.7%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Shawnee Hills
Poverty rate	15.5%	2.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1943	1976