Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety71#268/924
Economy15#785/925
Housing31#636/925
Health52#445/925
Healthcare74#241/923
Environment72#262/917
Education46#504/925
Infrastructure67#305/925
Community89#106/925
Leisure & amenities84#152/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hot days · low1 days
96/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
95/100New York 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
95/100New York 4.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high16.5 /10k
94/100New York 7.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low8.8 /100k
90/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low7%
86/100New York 15%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.4 /1k
1/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.99%
2/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high43.8%
2/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
High ozone days · high3 days
10/100New York 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · high24.2%
18/100New York 17.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Income adjusted for local prices · low$57,031
20/100New York $79,273United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties

Trends

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

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
62.6% (2010 & 2021) → 79.4% (2022 & 2024)
+17 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+83%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.2% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
4.0 /1k (2020) → 6.4 /1k (2025)
+59%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 3 days (2022)
+50%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
46.0 /100k (2021) → 23.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−50%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area improved on 14 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Rent / income−2.1 points31.8% → 29.7%
Broadband+12 points76.2% → 88.5%
Unemployment−4.1 points8.4% → 4.3%
Gyms+23%0.8 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Child poverty−4.2 points28.5% → 24.2%

Declined7

Homicides+42%1.9 /100k → 2.7 /100k
Commute+1.6 min17.9 min → 19.6 min
Restaurants−8.6%12.2 /10k → 11.2 /10k
Pharmacies−18%2.0 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Suicides+13%14.9 /100k → 16.8 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.9 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+4.3%	Little change	38%
Average commute time	17.9 min2015-2019	19.6 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Declined	18%
Average weekly wage	$8612020	$1,0532025	+22%	Improved	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	52%
Broadband subscriptions	76.2%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	80%
Child poverty rate	28.5%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Improved	70%
Distance to an airport	57 mi2020	57 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	35.3 /100k2020	23.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−34%	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	2.36%2015-2019	1.99%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	95%
Firearm deaths	8.6 /100k2020	8.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.3%	Little change	45%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+6.6%	Improved	71%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+23%	Improved	74%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	66%
Homicide rate	1.9 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+42%	Declined	7%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,3972019	$57,0312024	+28%	Improved	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$46,8202015-2019	$58,3512020-2024	+25%	Improved	36%
New business applications	4.0 /1k2020	6.4 /1k2025	+59%	Improved	69%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−18%	Declined	24%
Poverty rate	18.2%2015-2019	17.4%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Property crime rate	1,872 /100k2020	1,288 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	45%
Public libraries	1.9 /10k2019	1.9 /10k2024	+1.6%	Little change	74%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Improved	88%
Rent-burdened households	53.1%2015-2019	49.5%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Restaurants and bars	12.2 /10k2020	11.2 /10k2025	−8.6%	Declined	16%
Suicide rate	14.9 /100k2020	16.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	34%
Traffic deaths	8.6 /100k2015-2019	9.5 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Declined	42%
Unemployment rate	8.4%2020	4.3%2025	−4.1 points	Improved	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Violent crime rate	270 /100k2020	223 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area 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-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area itself moved +1.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

125,544 residents

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

53,393 households (±785)

Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k21%11,027
$25k–50k23%12,052
$50k–75k18%9,540

Homes

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

Owners and renters

53,393 households (±785)

Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%36,762
Rent31%16,631

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

52,584 workers (±1,062)

Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone75%39,576
Carpool11%5,522
Public transit0.6%†328

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 no occupation wages for Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area.

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.

Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY has 2,695 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 37,679 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,072. The Census Bureau also counts 7,745 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,695; 7,745 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248
Paid employees: 37,679
Average annual pay: $46,072; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	245	19.6	1.07×About typical	3,120	$22,145	34
Specialty trade contractors	158	12.6	0.82×About typical	995	$70,926	565
Ambulatory health care services	153	12.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,653	$75,206	291
Religious organizations	123	9.8	1.77×More than typical	591	$25,915	—
Full-service restaurants	115	9.2	1.20×About typical	1,460	$21,866	16
Limited-service restaurants	99	7.9	0.99×About typical	1,552	$21,952	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	83	6.6	1.32×More than typical	291	$36,660	120
Construction of buildings	77	6.2	0.81×About typical	356	$50,514	410
Services to buildings and dwellings	71	5.7	0.84×About typical	356	$42,531	448
Lessors of real estate	68	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	252	$35,913	681
Building equipment contractors	63	5	0.84×About typical	545	$65,334	82
Banks and credit unions	61	4.9	1.51×More than typical	474	$57,563	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 125,061 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $63.1M on contracts performed in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area: $509 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $63.1M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $509; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

Department of the Army$37.1M59%
Defense Logistics Agency$16.2M26%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$9.7M15%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.4M2.2%
Forest Service$90.7K0.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$53K0.1%
Federal Communications Commission$39.3K0.1%
U.S. Coast Guard$34.2K0.1%

Top recipients

PREMIER PRECISION MACHINING LLC$34M54%
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY CHAPTER OF NYSARC, INC$10.1M16%
DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS INC$9.7M15%
SKF USA INC.$6.2M9.9%
GREAT LAKES DOCK AND MATERIALS, L.L.C.$2.6M4.1%

Spending by fiscal year

28.8MFY2017
33.7MFY2018
37.8MFY2019
29.8MFY2020
30.9MFY2021
28MFY2022
30.8MFY2023
49.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$38.6M61%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$9.7M15%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$7.2M11%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$3.6M5.7%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$2.6M4.1%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$1.3M

Largest awards

CASSADAGA JOB CORPS CENTER W/ OACTS$37.5M
DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS INC· Chautauqua County, NY· Education & social services· Feb 24, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026· 1605JE23C0009
MANUFACTURE, TEST, PACKAGE, PRODUCE AND DELIVER 120MM MORTAR BODIES FOR 120MM HE BODIES (M934A1), 120MM FULL RANGE PRACTICE CARTRIDGE (FRPC) BODIES, 120MM SMOKE BODIES (M929) AND 120MM ILLUM BODIES. FIRST ARTICLE TEST IS NEEDED FOR THE FRPC BODIES.$24.6M
PREMIER PRECISION MACHINING LLC· Chautauqua County, NY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· W15QKN26F0153
DELIVERY ORDER FOR 101,373 81MM FULL RANGE PRACTICE CARTRIDGES (FPRC) SHELL BODIES AND 34,982 81MM HIGH EXPLOSIVE (HE) M821A4.$13.8M
PREMIER PRECISION MACHINING LLC· Chautauqua County, NY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 8, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $866.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area: $6,984 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $866.9M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,984; US $12,955
Loan face value: $10M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$565.8M65%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$82.7M9.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$66.7M7.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$49.4M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$34.4M4.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$8M0.9%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$6.5M0.8%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$6.1M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$12.8M1.5%
ALBANY, NY
COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA$9.9M1.1%
MAYVILLE, NY
CHAUTAUQUA OPPORTUNITIES, INC.$4.8M0.5%
DUNKIRK, NY
THE CHAUTAUQUA CENTER, INC.$3.6M0.4%
DUNKIRK, NY
JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3.1M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$732.2M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$77.8M9.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$12.8M1.5%
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration$6.9M0.8%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$5.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

879.1MFY2021
788.2MFY2022
829.1MFY2023
896.6MFY2024
972.3MFY2025
866.9MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Chautauqua CountyCentral county65124,126

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought