Village · Greene County, Ohio

Jamestown, Ohio

Jamestown is a village in Greene County, Ohio, part of the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area. It has 2,229 residents. Jamestown, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 64 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,677 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #196 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), hospital quality rating (high) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), job growth (low) and child poverty rate (high).

64High

Quality-of-life score: #5,677 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #196 of 684 in OH
Population: 2,229 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,777.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3938374

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety76#3,708/15,637
Economy31#10,753/15,631
Housing95#810/14,977
Health50#7,739/15,609
Healthcare84#2,555/15,650
Environment34#10,218/15,453
Education46#8,381/15,649
Infrastructure70#4,766/15,650
Community49#7,959/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,361/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jamestown, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greene County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Natural hazard risk · low3.1
96/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyGreene County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100Ohio 3.6United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreene County value
Rent-burdened households · low28.2%
93/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGreene County value
Drought exposure · low2%
90/100Ohio 11%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGreene County value
Rent as share of income · low25.9%
86/100Ohio 28.3%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.6%
5/100Ohio 23.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGreene County value
Job growth · low-2.6%
9/100Ohio -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGreene County value
Child poverty rate · high26.3%
16/100Ohio 16.4%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Depression · high27.3%
17/100Ohio 26.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
19/100Ohio 8.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGreene County value
Students per teacher · high17.3×
19/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGreene County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,114 (2015-2019) → 2,229 (2020-2024)
+5.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
43.9% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.5% (2015-2019) → 94.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
8.5% (2015-2019) → 4.0% (2020-2024)
−4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
88.1% (2015-2019) → 92.3% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,650 (2015-2019) → $56,667 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Jamestown, Ohio improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+15 points79.5% → 94.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Jamestown, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	27.7 min2020-2024	+1.9 min	Within the margin of error	28%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	78%
Child poverty rate	27.6%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Effective property tax rate	1.48%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	81%
High school diploma or higher	88.1%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3972015-2019	0.4012020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$47,6502015-2019	$56,6672020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	31%
Poverty rate	16.9%2015-2019	16.4%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent-burdened households	43.9%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Jamestown, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jamestown, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Jamestown, Ohio itself moved +4.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,229 residents (±283)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

908 households (±135)

Jamestown, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k17%†153
$25k–50k24%†218
$50k–75k20%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

908 households (±135)

Jamestown, Ohio
Ohio share

Own67%605
Rent33%†303

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

969 workers (±165)

Jamestown, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone83%807
Carpool6.7%†65
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Greene County, the county holding most of Jamestown's residents.

Greene County has 3,266 employer establishments, 192 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Ohio's), with 58,026 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,135. The Census Bureau also counts 11,920 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,266; 11,920 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 192; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 58,026
Average annual pay: $56,135; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greene County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	320	18.8	1.02×About typical	7,464	$20,344	36
Ambulatory health care services	287	16.9	0.81×About typical	3,064	$67,787	704
Limited-service restaurants	154	9.1	1.13×About typical	3,178	$18,672	16
Specialty trade contractors	144	8.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,309	$60,914	799
Lessors of real estate	129	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	401	$46,219	1,197
Religious organizations	127	7.5	1.35×More than typical	965	$25,165	—
Computer systems design and related services	120	7.1	1.63×More than typical	3,972	$89,342	185
Full-service restaurants	118	6.9	0.90×About typical	3,515	$22,880	16
Offices of physicians	100	5.9	0.91×About typical	1,114	$105,359	187
Services to buildings and dwellings	99	5.8	0.86×About typical	651	$37,065	639
Clothing and accessories stores	92	5.4	1.49×More than typical	1,151	$18,713	117
Construction of buildings	78	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	436	$79,651	345

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 170,072 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $19.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Jamestown, Ohio: $8.77 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $19.5K; +63% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.77; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 49%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$18.4K94%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,1335.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.6KFY2017
14.4KFY2018
12.1KFY2019
10.5KFY2020
9.4KFY2021
6.1KFY2022
14.1KFY2023
17KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$6,80935%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$4,40823%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1,5097.7%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$1,0925.6%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$1,0065.1%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$1,000

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Jamestown, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Jamestown, Ohio's figures are part of those of Greene County, OH ($1.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Jamestown is mostly in Greene County.

See federal money in Greene County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Jamestown, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael R. TurnerR-OH-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Greene County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH58

Other cities and towns in Greene County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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