Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Johnstown (2.2%) is lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Johnstown; the top destination outside it is Columbus (32%, 19 miles). Measured by household income, Johnstown is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Johnstown stands out on work
How Johnstown earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Johnstown is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #191 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Johnstown could be anywhere from B to A+.
Out of Johnstown to work: where people go
Where Johnstown clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A workday in Johnstown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,278 residents head out to work, 212 work right here, and 1,769 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Johnstown, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,981 jobs are based in Johnstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,508 → 1,981. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Johnstown, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnstown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,456 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Johnstown commutes less than 16 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Johnstown walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Johnstown is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #673 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,937 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Johnstown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Johnstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Johnstown places 613th of 3,612 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 611 | Upper Freehold Township NJ | 7,251 | $184K | 2.2% | 6.3% | 5% | A |
| 612 | Grant-Valkaria FL | 5,982 | $120K | 6.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 613 | Johnstown OH | 5,476 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| 614 | Prairie du Sac WI | 4,316 | $101K | 7.7% | 0.7% | 12% | A |
| 615 | Harwinton CT | 5,751 | $130K | 4.8% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Johnstown, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Johnstown: questions
What is the median household income in Johnstown?
$91,713 (±$13,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnstown?
7.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnstown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnstown work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (32%, 19 mi), New Albany (6%, 6 mi), Westerville (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Johnstown walkable?
Johnstown is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johnstown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johnstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnstown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.