What is the median rent in the Town of Jamestown, WI?

Name: Median rent in the Town of Jamestown, WI, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in the Town of Jamestown, WI is $1,052 (±$355) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 193 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In the Town of Jamestown, the median gross rent went from $789 in 2015–2019 to $1,052 in 2020–2024 (+33.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,052 (±$355)
Rented homes: 193 (±70)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +33.3%

How much rent costs in the Town of Jamestown

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Town of Jamestown	Grant County	Wisconsin	United States
Less than $500	8.3% (±8.1 points)	12.1%	6.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	36.8% (±19.8 points)	62.9%	35.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	47.7% (±19.0 points)	19.4%	37.1%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	7.3% (±5.4 points)	4.5%	14.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±11.0 points)	0.5%	4.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±11.0 points)	0.3%	1.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±11.0 points)	0.4%	1.5%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 47.7% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in the Town of Jamestown cost $2,000 or more a month.

The Town of Jamestown against Grant County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Jamestown	Grant County	Wisconsin	United States
Median gross rent	$1,052 (±$355)	$813 (±$26)	$1,087 (±$4)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	193 (±70)	5,554 (±295)	764,522 (±6,229)	42,849,984

In the Town of Jamestown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Grant County ($813).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Grant County, the Town of Jamestown ranks 3 of 46 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 553 of 1,594.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in the Town of Jamestown has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$789 (±$133)	$1,052 (±$355)	+33.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	14.7% (±6.9 points)	29.3% (±8.6 points)	+14.6 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	12.9% (±19.5 points)	7.9% (±9.9 points)	−5.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near the Town of Jamestown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Jamestown
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Town of Jamestown	—	$1,052 (±$355)	—
East Dubuque	4.8 mi	$867 (±$228)	Not measurably different
Dickeyville	4.9 mi	$712 (±$110)	Not measurably different
Dunleith Township	5.2 mi	$876 (±$148)	Not measurably different
Town of Hazel Green	5.5 mi	$935 (±$120)	Not measurably different
Menominee	6.1 mi	$735 (±$224)	Not measurably different
Town of Paris (Grant County)	6.5 mi	$888 (±$82)	Not measurably different
Dubuque	6.9 mi	$948 (±$29)	Not measurably different
Menominee Township	7.0 mi	$909 (±$278)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Grant County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Town of Potosi	$1,268 (±$366)
2	Town of Harrison (Grant County)	$1,071 (±$617)
3	Town of Jamestown	$1,052 (±$355)
4	Town of Smelser	$1,050 (±$309)
5	Town of Platteville	$950 (±$313)
6	Montfort	$943 (±$116)
7	Town of Hazel Green	$935 (±$120)
8	Town of Waterloo (Grant County)	$917 (±$174)
9	Town of Paris (Grant County)	$888 (±$82)

Showing 9 of 46 places in Grant County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Town of Jamestown

What is the average rent in the Town of Jamestown, WI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in the Town of Jamestown is $1,052 (±$355) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in the Town of Jamestown?

In the Town of Jamestown, the median gross rent went from $789 in 2015–2019 to $1,052 in 2020–2024 (+33.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in the Town of Jamestown cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in the Town of Jamestown have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 8.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in the Town of Jamestown higher than in Grant County?

In the Town of Jamestown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Grant County ($813).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin ($1,087).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Jamestown town, Grant County, Wisconsin (county subdivision:37800, in state:55 county:043).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.