Jamestown is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,773 people and two associated neighborhoods, Jamestown is the 222nd largest community in North Carolina.Jamestown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Jamestown is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jamestown who work in sales jobs (16.65%), personal care services (15.95%), and management occupations (14.26%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.32% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Jamestown spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.28 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Jamestown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Jamestown ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Jamestown, 47.69% 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 2022 was $57,719, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $230,876 for a family of four. Jamestown is a somewhat 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 English, German, Irish, Greek, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Jamestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Japanese.
