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Jamestown, KY

1,739 Population
3.7 square miles 473.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±11.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Russell County: 42 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,484 ±$5,495 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Russell County: $29,055 † ±$3,123
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$20,541 ±$7,178 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Russell County: $44,738 † ±$7,625
  • about one-third of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

44.4% ±12.9% (715  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Russell County: 23.1% † 4,122 (±4.3% / ±775)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±1 (9,045  ±3,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Russell County: 19.8 134,405 (±1.8 / ±15,598)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

706 ±168 Number of households
  • Russell County: 7,562 ±282
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,612  ±445) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Russell County: 2.4 18,008 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.9% ±1.7% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Russell County: 5.7% † 213 (±3.1% / ±117)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

830 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Russell County: 10,169 ±30
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,800 ±$36,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Russell County: $163,200 ±$15,291
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.9% ±11.5% (344  ±217.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Russell County: 10% † 1,814 (±2.5% / ±443.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83% ±26.5% (973  ±218.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Russell County: 81.8% 10,275 (±5.6% / ±705.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.5% ±4.7% (88  ±58.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Russell County: 15.4% † 1,936 (±2.6% / ±322)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.7% (7  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Russell County: 2% 357
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±3.1% (72  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Russell County: 6% † 835 (±1.3% / ±181)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
72 Total veterans ±43 72 Male ±43 N/A Female ±13

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