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%

Sutter Creek$2,670/mo

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

Jamestown$2,350/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

13Sutter Creek

6Jamestown

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

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

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sutter Creek’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

Sutter CreekJamestown

Snow a year0″0″

January low—33°F

July high—93°F

Growing season (days)—213d

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

Outdoors & history

Sutter CreekJamestown

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.2%1.4%

Settled1848 —

National Register places2 3

Archive photos8 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

Sutter CreekJamestown

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.

Sutter CreekCA JamestownCA

Sutter Creek ↔ Jamestown37 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

Sutter CreekJamestown

People

Population 2,702Lowest 3,265Highest

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

Median age 46.9±10.4Lowest 24% above CA 47.3±12.8Highest 25% 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 16.8%±5.8Highest CA: 22% 16.7%±6.5Lowest 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+ 27.9%±8.7Highest CA: 15.7% 27.5%±6.4Lowest 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+ 33.2%Highest CA: 37.1% 21%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±2.6Lowest CA: 7.6% 4.3%±3.3Highest 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 $88,478±$19kHighest 11% below CA $57,276±$12kLowest 42% below CA

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.3%±17Lowest CA: 55.3% 69.5%±43.2Highest 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 7.1%Highest CA: 12% 6.1%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 7.9%±6.7Highest CA: 17.2% 7.6%±8.3Lowest 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 3.7%Highest 3.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 35.3 miLowest 41.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JamestownFew work in Sutter Creek

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

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

Schools

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

School district Amador County UnifiedJamestown Elementary

High school in town Amador HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 21.1 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Sutter Creek vs Jamestown

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

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