Jamestown, North Dakota

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

15,688

people, the 9th-largest of North Dakota's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among North Dakota's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

5 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

45.8%

of 8,350 jobs located in Jamestown are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 54% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$773

a month. North Dakota's median is $954.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $961 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Stutsman County.

• $713 Tract 9678
• $1,674 Tract 9673

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,064–$1,596

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $773 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 17 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 82% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.1% to the 7,704 homes here.

30–84

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 20% less than North Dakota's.

$199,800

median home value in Jamestown.

• $199,800 Jamestown
• $249,900 North Dakota
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year