About Jamesville

Jamesville is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 508 people and just one neighborhood, Jamesville is the 419th largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Jamesville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.2% of the Jamesville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Jamesville is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jamesville who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.11%), teaching (10.58%), and management occupations (6.35%).

A relatively large number of people in Jamesville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Jamesville are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Jamesville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Jamesville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.58% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Jamesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Jamesville Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Jamesville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.23% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jamesville in 2000 was $16,682, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,728 for a family of four.

Jamesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jamesville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jamesville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jamesville include English and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Jamesville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.