Jamestown vs West Middlesex

A side-by-side comparison of Jamestown and West Middlesex: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Middlesex has the higher population (1,063 vs 709 in Jamestown). West Middlesex has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $44,821 in Jamestown). West Middlesex has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $86,900 in Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
Population	709	1,063
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,821	$82,500
Median home value	$86,900	$156,100
Median gross rent	$822	$792
Housing units	350	452
Homeownership rate	59.8%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
Population	731 → 709 (-3.0%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $44,821 (+20.5%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $86,900 (+18.2%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $822 (+9.3%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

Jamestown

Population

731709

Median household income

$37,188$44,821

Median home value

$73,500$86,900

Median gross rent

$752$822

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
Under 5	2.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.7%
35 to 44	16.9%	26.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.7%
75 and over	12.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
Drove alone	90.4%	85.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	69.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	10.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1951	1946