About Jamestown

Jamestown is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Rhode Island. With a population of 5,622 people and just one neighborhood, Jamestown is the 35th largest community in Rhode Island.

Jamestown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. 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 (13.78%), management occupations (13.61%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.99%).

Of important note, Jamestown is also a town of artists. Jamestown has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Jamestown's character.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Jamestown. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Jamestown.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Jamestown is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Jamestown are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Jamestown, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

One downside of living in Jamestown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Jamestown, the average commute to work is 34.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Jamestown Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Jamestown is a pretty powerful place. 45.67% of the adults in Jamestown have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Jamestown in 2000 was $38,664, which is wealthy relative to Rhode Island and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,656 for a family of four. However, Jamestown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Jamestown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jamestown is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Jamestown include Irish, Italian, English, German, Portuguese, French, French Canadian, Scotch-Irish, Polish, British, and Swedish.

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