What percentage of people rent in the Town of Jamestown, WI?

Name: Renters and owners in the Town of Jamestown, WI, 2020–2024
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29.3% (±8.6 points) of the occupied homes in the Town of Jamestown, WI are rented (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

That is 246 renting households against 593 that own their home.

In the Town of Jamestown, the share of households that rent went from 14.7% in 2015–2019 to 29.3% in 2020–2024 (+14.6 percentage points), a measurable increase.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Households that rent: 29.3% (±8.6 points)
Renting households: 246 (±88)
Median renter income: $47,619 (±$28,563)

Who rents and who owns in the Town of Jamestown

Tenure, estimate (90% margin of error)
	Town of Jamestown	Grant County	Wisconsin	United States
Renter-occupied share	29.3% (±8.6 points)	30.2% (±1.4 points)	32.2% (±0.3 points)	34.8%
Renting households	246 (±88)	6,025 (±305)	797,266 (±6,241)	45,017,354
Owning households	593 (±91)	13,935 (±298)	1,682,214 (±9,276)	84,210,142
Average renter household size	1.9 (±0.4)	2.1 (±0.1)	2.0 (±0.0)	2.3
Average owner household size	2.5 (±0.2)	2.6 (±0.0)	2.5 (±0.0)	2.6
Median renter household income	$47,619 (±$28,563)	$37,820 (±$3,183)	$48,374 (±$478)	$52,966
Median owner household income	$112,227 (±$4,823)	$83,516 (±$2,427)	$95,874 (±$462)	$100,009

In the Town of Jamestown, the renter share is not measurably different from Grant County (30.2%).

It is not measurably different from Wisconsin (32.2%).

It is not measurably different from the national figure (34.8%).

In Grant County, the Town of Jamestown ranks 8 of 52 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest renter share.

Statewide, it ranks 319 of 1,848.

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

How renting 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
Households that rent	14.7% (±6.9 points)	29.3% (±8.6 points)	+14.6 percentage points	Measurable increase
Median gross rent	$789 (±$133)	$1,052 (±$355)	+33.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Median household income	$83,705 (±$6,382)	$92,875 (±$29,629)	+11.0%	No measurable change after inflation

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.

Households that rent in places near the Town of Jamestown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with the Town of Jamestown
Place	Distance	Households that rent	Compared with this place
Town of Jamestown	—	29.3% (±8.6 points)	—
East Dubuque	4.8 mi	26.8% (±8.3 points)	Not measurably different
Dickeyville	4.9 mi	32.1% (±9.1 points)	Not measurably different
Dunleith Township	5.2 mi	17.0% (±5.5 points)	Lower
Town of Hazel Green	5.5 mi	13.2% (±4.7 points)	Lower
Sageville	5.7 mi	10.8% (±18.2 points)	Not measurably different
Menominee	6.1 mi	19.0% (±14.3 points)	Not measurably different
Town of Paris (Grant County)	6.5 mi	8.5% (±5.4 points)	Lower
Dubuque	6.9 mi	34.2% (±1.7 points)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Dunleith Township, IL (17.0%), Town of Hazel Green, WI (13.2%), Town of Paris (Grant County), WI (8.5%).

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

Households that rent across Grant County, place by place

Rank	Place	Households that rent
2	Boscobel	47.5% (±7.8 points)
3	Town of Patch Grove	38.2% (±19.1 points)
4	Hazel Green	37.9% (±8.7 points)
5	Town of Fennimore	34.5% (±21.4 points)
6	Town of Mount Hope	32.5% (±12.9 points)
7	Dickeyville	32.1% (±9.1 points)
8	Town of Jamestown	29.3% (±8.6 points)
9	Cassville	27.9% (±6.4 points)
10	Muscoda	27.3% (±7.0 points)
11	Fennimore	26.9% (±6.4 points)
12	Potosi	26.6% (±7.5 points)
13	Cuba City	23.6% (±4.9 points)
14	Lancaster	22.7% (±6.6 points)

Showing 13 of 52 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

How many renters are there in the Town of Jamestown?

The Town of Jamestown has an estimated 246 (±88) renting households, 29.3% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is renting growing in the Town of Jamestown?

In the Town of Jamestown, the share of households that rent went from 14.7% in 2015–2019 to 29.3% in 2020–2024 (+14.6 percentage points), a measurable increase.

How big are renting households in the Town of Jamestown?

A renting household in the Town of Jamestown has 1.9 people on average, against 2.5 in an owned home.

How much do renters earn in the Town of Jamestown?

The median renting household in the Town of Jamestown, WI has an income of $47,619 (±$28,563) a year, against $112,227 for households that own their home.

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) and detailed tables (acs/acs5) 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 DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, B25064_001E, B25064_001M, B19013_001E, B19013_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0047E, DP04_0047M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0049E, DP04_0049M, DP04_0048E, DP04_0048M, B25119_003E, B25119_003M, B25119_002E, B25119_002M

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