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.Jamestown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. As is often the case in a small city, Jamestown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Jamestown ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
