A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Jamestown$2,350/mo

Typical home $400K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.75% · or rent about $944/mo · Housing →

Sutter Creek$2,670/mo

Typical home $464K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $1,572/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Sutter Creek and Jamestown.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Sutter Creek places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–JamestownNot graded B−Sutter CreekSafer than 49% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+JamestownBetter than 35% of districts in the state C+Sutter CreekBetter than 44% of districts in the state

Health

C+JamestownHealthier than 42% of U.S. towns B+Sutter CreekHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns

6Jamestown

13Sutter Creek

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #698#183 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #512#186 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #617#329 Highest incomeIncome · 843 towns #749#484 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #581#349 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #16#240 HealthiestHealth · 844 towns #586#375 Most educatedPeople · 844 towns #570#370

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Jamestown’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

JamestownSutter Creek

Snow a year0″0″

January low33°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)213d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)97th 81st

Outdoors & history

JamestownSutter Creek

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.4%0.2%

Settled—1848

National Register places3 2

Archive photos—8

Famous people born here—4

Community

JamestownSutter Creek

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

37 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

JamestownCA Sutter CreekCA

Jamestown ↔ Sutter Creek37 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

JamestownSutter Creek

People

Population 3,265Highest 2,702Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.3%Lowest CA: +6.1% +5.8%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 47.3±12.8Highest 25% above CA 46.9±10.4Lowest 24% above CA

Jamestown and Sutter Creek are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 16.7%±6.5Lowest CA: 22% 16.8%±5.8Highest CA: 22%

Sutter Creek and Jamestown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 27.5%±6.4Lowest CA: 15.7% 27.9%±8.7Highest CA: 15.7%

Sutter Creek and Jamestown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21%Lowest CA: 37.1% 33.2%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.3%±3.3Highest CA: 7.6% 2.3%±2.6Lowest CA: 7.6%

Jamestown and Sutter Creek are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,276±$12kLowest 42% below CA $88,478±$19kHighest 11% below CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $374,600±$32kLowest 49% below CA $543,800±$106kHighest 26% below CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $944±$242Lowest 54% below CA $1,572±$291Highest 23% below CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,794Lowest 45% below CA $3,353Highest 35% below CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 69.5%±43.2Highest CA: 55.3% 27.3%±17Lowest CA: 55.3%

Jamestown and Sutter Creek are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.1%Lowest CA: 12% 7.1%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.8%Highest CA: 55.9% 55.3%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 7 yrs newer than CA 1970Lowest 6 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 29% below CA 21 minHighest 26% below CA

Work from home 7.6%±8.3Lowest CA: 17.2% 7.9%±6.7Highest CA: 17.2%

Sutter Creek and Jamestown are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Lowest 3.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 41.8 miHighest 35.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.34Lowest 0.71Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sonora (12%)Jackson (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sutter CreekFew work in Jamestown

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 53.8Highest 45.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #455 of 574 in CA #340 of 574 in CA

School district Jamestown ElementaryAmador County Unified

High school in town None in townAmador High

Students per teacherat that high school — 21.1

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Jamestown vs Sutter Creek

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Sutter Creek

Sutter Creek places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

37 miles apart

What matters to you?

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