Jamestown vs Spring Valley

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

Jamestown and Spring Valley 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 598 in Spring Valley). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($66,696 vs $59,028 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $135,600 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
Population	2,241	598
Median age	36.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$66,696
Median home value	$142,300	$135,600
Median gross rent	$798	$1,163
Housing units	985	224
Homeownership rate	67.7%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
Population	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)	543 → 598 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)	$49,453 → $66,696 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)	$104,800 → $135,600 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)	$863 → $1,163 (+34.8%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Spring Valley

Population

543598

Median household income

$49,453$66,696

Median home value

$104,800$135,600

Median gross rent

$863$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
Under 5	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	4.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.2%
75 and over	7.4%	22.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	69.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	28.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	8.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
Drove alone	84.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	78.7%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	15.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1943	1938