Jamestown vs Wright-Patterson AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and Wright-Patterson AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamestown and Wright-Patterson AFB 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 1,560 in Wright-Patterson AFB). Wright-Patterson AFB has the higher median household income ($79,205 vs $59,028 in Jamestown). Since 2019, Jamestown's population has grown faster (+6.0% vs -34.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
Population	2,241	1,560
Median age	36.2 yrs	24.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$79,205
Median home value	$142,300	—
Median gross rent	$798	$1,434
Housing units	985	448
Homeownership rate	67.7%	1.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
Population	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)	2,387 → 1,560 (-34.6%)
Median household income	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)	$70,183 → $79,205 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)	$1,321 → $1,434 (+8.6%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Wright-Patterson AFB

Population

2,3871,560

Median household income

$70,183$79,205

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,434

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
Under 5	7.4%	10.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	26.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	28.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	3.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	0.0%
75 and over	7.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
No high school diploma	8.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
Drove alone	84.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	9.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	8.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
1-unit, detached	78.7%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	41.7%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Wright-Patterson AFB
Poverty rate	15.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.45	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1943	1974