Jamestown vs Yellow Springs

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

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

Yellow Springs has the higher population (3,655 vs 2,241 in Jamestown). Yellow Springs has the higher median household income ($67,477 vs $59,028 in Jamestown). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $142,300 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
Population	2,241	3,655
Median age	36.2 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$67,477
Median home value	$142,300	$279,700
Median gross rent	$798	$849
Housing units	985	2,016
Homeownership rate	67.7%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
Population	2,114 → 2,241 (+6.0%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$47,650 → $59,028 (+23.9%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $142,300 (+36.3%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $798 (+14.3%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Jamestown

Population

2,1142,241

Median household income

$47,650$59,028

Median home value

$104,400$142,300

Median gross rent

$698$798

Yellow Springs

Population

3,8723,655

Median household income

$61,522$67,477

Median home value

$215,500$279,700

Median gross rent

$916$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
Under 5	7.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	18.1%
75 and over	7.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	42.1%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	84.5%	69.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	7.1%	19.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	78.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.45	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1943	1959