Jamestown vs Lake Latonka

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and Lake Latonka: population, income, housing, and more.

Jamestown and Lake Latonka are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Latonka has the higher population (741 vs 709 in Jamestown). Lake Latonka has the higher median household income ($107,813 vs $44,821 in Jamestown). Lake Latonka has the higher median home value ($354,500 vs $86,900 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
Population	709	741
Median age	43.1 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,821	$107,813
Median home value	$86,900	$354,500
Median gross rent	$822	—
Housing units	350	521
Homeownership rate	59.8%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
Population	731 → 709 (-3.0%)	844 → 741 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $44,821 (+20.5%)	$81,641 → $107,813 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $86,900 (+18.2%)	$242,700 → $354,500 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $822 (+9.3%)	$1,396 → $2,167 (+55.2%)

Jamestown

Population

731709

Median household income

$37,188$44,821

Median home value

$73,500$86,900

Median gross rent

$752$822

Lake Latonka

Population

844741

Median household income

$81,641$107,813

Median home value

$242,700$354,500

Median gross rent

$1,396$2,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
Under 5	2.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	9.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	21.1%
75 and over	12.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
Drove alone	90.4%	78.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
1-unit, detached	69.4%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Lake Latonka
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1951	1987