Jamestown is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,035 people and three associated neighborhoods, Jamestown is the 223rd largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities, Jamestown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jamestown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jamestown is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jamestown who work in healthcare suport services (20.30%), office and administrative support (18.23%), and sales jobs (16.85%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Jamestown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jamestown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. 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 13.67 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Jamestown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Jamestown ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.06% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Jamestown in 2022 was $16,738, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,952 for a family of four. Jamestown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.44% 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 German, English, Irish, French, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Jamestown is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.
