North Carolina · Census place 3734300

Jamestown, North Carolina

Jamestown is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,773 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 188th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,773
#188 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+105 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,258 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Jamestown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Jamestown population, 2020 to 2024

Jamestown added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +33.

3,66820203,67220213,70520223,74020233,7732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,668. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jamestown covers 3.00 square miles of land, for 1,258 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Jamestown is close to the typical town.

What county Jamestown is in

All of Jamestown's residents live in Guilford County, which had 558,816 residents in 2024. Jamestown holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jamestown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jamestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27282. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Jamestown is

The Census internal point of Jamestown is at 35.998400, -79.934600. Raleigh, the capital, is 74.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is High Point, NC (118,601 people), 3.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.998400, -79.934600
DMS
35°59'54.24"N 79°56'4.56"W
UTM
17N 596025.6E 3984295.8N
Geohash
dnrhv133u
Plus code
8772X3X8+95

Daylight in Jamestown

At 36.00° N, Jamestown gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jamestown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is High Point, 3.3 miles away, with 118,601 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jamestown, NC?

3,773 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 105 (2.9%) from 3,668 in July 2020.

What county is Jamestown in?

Guilford County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Jamestown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27282.

How far is Jamestown from Raleigh?

74.1 miles (119.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Jamestown.

What is the nearest larger city to Jamestown?

High Point, NC, with 118,601 residents, 3.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.