Jamison City vs Jerseytown

A side-by-side comparison of Jamison City and Jerseytown: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamison City and Jerseytown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jamison City has the higher population (257 vs 186 in Jerseytown). Jerseytown has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $179,200 in Jamison City). Since 2019, Jamison City's population has grown faster (+78.5% vs +35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
Population	257	186
Median age	35.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,621	—
Median home value	$179,200	$188,800
Housing units	174	78
Homeownership rate	98.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
Population	144 → 257 (+78.5%)	137 → 186 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$50,750 → $92,621 (+82.5%)	$33,750 → $48,333 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $179,200 (+42.6%)	$97,500 → $188,800 (+93.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $885 (+14.2%)

Jamison City

Population

144257

Median household income

$50,750$92,621

Median home value

$125,700$179,200

Jerseytown

Population

137186

Median household income

$33,750$48,333

Median home value

$97,500$188,800

Median gross rent

$775$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
Under 5	3.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	9.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	20.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	28.5%
55 to 64	7.0%	6.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	50.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
Drove alone	79.5%	53.6%
Carpooled	20.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
1-unit, detached	88.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jamison City	Jerseytown
Poverty rate	8.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	33	19
Median year structure built	1977	1938