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About Jamestown
City in New York, United StatesJamestown is a city in southern Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 28,712 at the 2020 census. Situated between Lake Erie to the north and the Allegheny National Forest to the south, Jamestown is the largest city in the county. Nearby Chautauqua Lake is a freshwater resource used by fishermen, boaters, and naturalists. In the 20th century, Jamestown was a thriving industrial area, noted for producing several well-known products. They include the crescent wrench, produced by Karl Peterson's the Crescent Tool Company in Jamestown beginning in 1907; and the automatic lever voting machine, manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Company, which dominated the lever…
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Housing in Jamestown
The typical Jamestown home is worth about $129,000, up 3% in a year, 76% below the New York typical home.
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Safety in Jamestown
Safety Grade D
Jamestown reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 91% report less.
Schools in Jamestown
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The public schools Jamestown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 94% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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