Jamestown, NC

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Living in Jamestown

Jamestown is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,487 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Jamestown is the 230th largest community in North Carolina.

Jamestown real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Jamestown house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jamestown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jamestown is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jamestown who work in sales jobs (16.49%), management occupations (14.23%), and teaching (9.30%).

Also of interest is that Jamestown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.



The education level of Jamestown ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Jamestown, 48.57% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Jamestown in 2018 was $40,125, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,500 for a family of four. However, Jamestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jamestown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jamestown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jamestown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jamestown include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Jamestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.

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