Missouri · Midwest · 21k residents
Old Jamestown, MO: cost of living, taxes & quality of life
Residential facts for Old Jamestown: housing, taxes, monthly costs, climate, schools, and household income, with the Missouri median as the yardstick. Compare it live against any of 3,000 US cities.
Data coverage: ACS place data; supplementary fields may use state estimates.
The acs median home value in Old Jamestown is $236,100, 5% above the Missouri median. A two-bedroom rents for about $2,202/mo. Day-to-day costs index at 99 against a national baseline of 100. The median household here earns $99,521 a year.
What the numbers show
Source-confirmed findings- Housing value: The ACS median home value in Old Jamestown is $236,100, 5.1% above the median for ACS-covered places in Missouri.
- Household income: Median household income is $99,521, 34.2% above the median for ACS-covered places in Missouri.
- Adult education: 39.6% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, 13.1% above the median for ACS-covered places in Missouri.
- Home value to income: The ACS median home value is about 2.4 times median household income. This is a comparison measure, not a mortgage qualification or affordability promise.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates(2024 ACS 5-year; tables B01003, B15003, B19013, B25077). Geography: Census place where available. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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What makes this place distinctive
A factual snapshot of the place, based on the profile data. It is not a tourism or cultural claim.
A researched local story is not published for this city yet. The signals below are the verified profile context.
- Scale: A smaller city in the profile data, with fewer than 50,000 residents.
- Setting: The profile places Old Jamestown about 91 miles from the nearest tracked mountain.
- Climate signal: The profile records 205 sunny days and 17 inches of annual snow.
- Daily pace: The profile records a walk score of 30 and an average commute of 24 minutes.
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Compare Old Jamestown side by side
Cost of living index
99
ACS median home value
$236,100
2-bedroom rent
$2,202/mo
Median household income
$99,521
Housing momentum
We don't have enough recent home-price and rent data to rank Old Jamestown's housing momentum yet.
Adjusted by Old Jamestown's cost-of-living index versus the US average.
| ACS median home value | $236,100 |
| Price per sq. ft. | $155 |
| Property tax rate | 0.88% |
| 1-bedroom rent | $1,835/mo |
| 2-bedroom rent | $2,202/mo |
| State & local income tax | 2.95% |
| Sales tax | 8.4% |
| Cost of living index | 99 |
| Groceries index | 95 |
| Utilities | $165/mo |
| Transit pass | $78/mo |
| Gas price | $3.00/gal |
| Healthcare index | 94 |
| Childcare (per child) | $1,000/mo |
| Median household income | $99,521 |
| Unemployment rate | 3.5% |
| Population | 21k |
| Crime index | 55/100 |
| School rating | 5.5/10 |
| Walkability | 30/100 |
| Disaster risk | — |
| Avg. commute | 24 min |
| Sunny days / year | 205 days |
| July high | 90°F |
| January low | 24°F |
| Annual snowfall | 17 in |
| Home price YoY | — |
| Home price MoM | — |
| Rent YoY | — |
| Rent MoM | — |
| Ocean coast | 589 mi |
| Big lake | 140 mi |
| Mountains | 91 mi |
| Major airport | 7 mi |
| Ski resort | 29 mi |
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- What is the cost of living in Old Jamestown, MO?
- Old Jamestown indexes at 99 for day-to-day costs against a national baseline of 100, with a typical two-bedroom renting for $2,202/mo and a acs median home value of $236,100.
- How much does a house cost in Old Jamestown?
- The acs median home value in Old Jamestown is $236,100, 5% above the Missouri median (Census ACS estimate; individual listings vary).
- How much is rent in Old Jamestown?
- A two-bedroom in Old Jamestown rents for about $2,202/mo.