Jamestown vs Sandy Lake

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

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

Sandy Lake has the higher population (752 vs 709 in Jamestown). Sandy Lake has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $44,821 in Jamestown). Sandy Lake has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $86,900 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
Population	709	752
Median age	43.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,821	$67,292
Median home value	$86,900	$165,800
Median gross rent	$822	$745
Housing units	350	341
Homeownership rate	59.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
Population	731 → 709 (-3.0%)	628 → 752 (+19.7%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $44,821 (+20.5%)	$42,188 → $67,292 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $86,900 (+18.2%)	$116,600 → $165,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $822 (+9.3%)	$616 → $745 (+20.9%)

Jamestown

Population

731709

Median household income

$37,188$44,821

Median home value

$73,500$86,900

Median gross rent

$752$822

Sandy Lake

Population

628752

Median household income

$42,188$67,292

Median home value

$116,600$165,800

Median gross rent

$616$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
Under 5	2.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.2%	23.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.8%
75 and over	12.6%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	95.9%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	43.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
Drove alone	90.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
1-unit, detached	69.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	10.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Sandy Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1951	1954