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Jamestown town, Newport County, RI

5,534 Population
9.4 square miles 585.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newport County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rhode Island: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$81,200 ±$11,865 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newport County: $61,596 ±$2,569
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $47,150 ±$573
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$140,625 ±$42,154 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $103,514 ±$4,684
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rhode Island: $87,796 ±$1,209
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.6% ±2.3% (195  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Newport County: 8.5% † 6,882 (±1% / ±808)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.2% 118,364 (±0.4% / ±4,269)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±7.8 (54,575  ±19,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Newport County: 22.8 826,070 (±1.1 / ±47,833)
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhode Island: 25.5 12,151,820 (±0.2 / ±166,081)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,500 ±158 Number of households
  • Newport County: 36,868 ±642
  • Rhode Island: 441,570 ±1,908
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (5,511  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newport County: 2.2 80,725 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhode Island: 2.4 1,057,168
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,103 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Newport County: 43,663 ±40
  • Rhode Island: 485,932 ±179
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$842,400 ±$59,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Newport County: $609,700 ±$17,442
  • more than double the amount in Rhode Island: $404,200 ±$4,032
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.5% ±2.1% (191  ±115.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Newport County: 12.2% 10,242 (±1.1% / ±929.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhode Island: 11.1% 120,772 (±0.4% / ±4,702.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.7% ±12% (4,430  ±572.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Newport County: 95.6% 60,930 (±3% / ±1,900.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhode Island: 89.7% 703,088 (±0.9% / ±6,849.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
69.1% ±9.4% (3,103  ±445.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Newport County: 54.1% 34,479 (±2.2% / ±1,404.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Rhode Island: 37.7% 295,838 (±0.6% / ±4,306.2)
  • nearly double 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

2.6% ±1.8% (145  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Newport County: 7% 5,954
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Rhode Island: 15.3% 168,502
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.7% ±4.3% (550  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Newport County: 8.4% 5,768 (±0.8% / ±529)
  • more than double the rate in Rhode Island: 5.1% 45,406 (±0.2% / ±1,802)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
550 Total veterans ±203 550 Male ±203 N/A Female ±21

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