Jamestown vs River Road

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

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

River Road has the higher population (952 vs 409 in Jamestown). River Road has the higher median household income ($116,087 vs $111,111 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median home value ($468,300 vs $394,200 in River Road).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	River Road
Population	409	952
Median age	54.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,111	$116,087
Median home value	$468,300	$394,200
Housing units	186	232
Homeownership rate	92.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	River Road
Population	395 → 409 (+3.5%)	694 → 952 (+37.2%)
Median household income	$59,643 → $111,111 (+86.3%)	$82,333 → $116,087 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$347,800 → $468,300 (+34.6%)	$288,600 → $394,200 (+36.6%)

Jamestown

Population

395409

Median household income

$59,643$111,111

Median home value

$347,800$468,300

River Road

Population

694952

Median household income

$82,333$116,087

Median home value

$288,600$394,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	River Road
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	30.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.6%
35 to 44	25.7%	20.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	6.0%
75 and over	14.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	15.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	River Road
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	River Road
Drove alone	93.1%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	River Road
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	River Road
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.2%
Average household size	2.20	4.10
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1986	1985