Jamestown vs St. Stephen

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

Jamestown and St. Stephen are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Stephen has the higher population (1,460 vs 70 in Jamestown). Since 2019, St. Stephen's population has grown faster (-16.7% vs -19.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
Population	70	1,460
Median age	56.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,688
Median home value	—	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,615	$764
Housing units	45	541
Homeownership rate	55.6%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
Population	87 → 70 (-19.5%)	1,752 → 1,460 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $35,625 (-5.0%)	$27,000 → $59,688 (+121.1%)
Median home value	—	$132,200 → $131,400 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,615 (+28.1%)	$603 → $764 (+26.7%)

Jamestown

Population

8770

Median household income

$37,500$35,625

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,615

St. Stephen

Population

1,7521,460

Median household income

$27,000$59,688

Median home value

$132,200$131,400

Median gross rent

$603$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
Under 5	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	18.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	4.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	57.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	6.6%
75 and over	4.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	71.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	24.2%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	62.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
Drove alone	89.8%	88.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
1-unit, detached	64.4%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	St. Stephen
Poverty rate	1.4%	27.5%
Average household size	1.56	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1976	1984