Jamestown vs Wheatland

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

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

Jamestown has the higher population (709 vs 703 in Wheatland). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($44,821 vs $43,625 in Wheatland). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $64,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Wheatland
Population	709	703
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,821	$43,625
Median home value	$86,900	$64,600
Median gross rent	$822	$796
Housing units	350	322
Homeownership rate	59.8%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Wheatland
Population	731 → 709 (-3.0%)	589 → 703 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$37,188 → $44,821 (+20.5%)	$32,206 → $43,625 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $86,900 (+18.2%)	$58,700 → $64,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $822 (+9.3%)	$682 → $796 (+16.7%)

Jamestown

Population

731709

Median household income

$37,188$44,821

Median home value

$73,500$86,900

Median gross rent

$752$822

Wheatland

Population

589703

Median household income

$32,206$43,625

Median home value

$58,700$64,600

Median gross rent

$682$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Wheatland
Under 5	2.3%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.1%
75 and over	12.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	23.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Wheatland
No high school diploma	9.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Wheatland
Drove alone	90.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	69.4%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	10.9%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Wheatland
Poverty rate	10.6%	33.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1951	1954