Jamestown is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,102 people and three associated neighborhoods, Jamestown is the 223rd largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities 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 city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jamestown who work in sales jobs (23.72%), office and administrative support (12.42%), and healthcare suport services (7.91%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Jamestown has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Jamestown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Jamestown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Jamestown may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.96 minutes getting to work every day.The population of Jamestown has a very low overall level of education: only 6.15% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Jamestown in 2022 was $20,887, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,548 for a family of four. However, Jamestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Jamestown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.02% of its population below the federal poverty line. 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, Irish, German, French, and European. The most common language spoken in Jamestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
