City safety & data profile

JohnstownPA

Johnstown, PA is a 20K-resident city in Cambria County with a median household income of $37,888.

Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Johnstown, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Johnstown has a population larger than 44% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $45,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 45%
By size
$37,888
Median income (place)
$45,400
Median home (place)
31.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Johnstown

Johnstown posts a median household income higher than 1% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Johnstown area.

Bottom 2%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Johnstown

Where Johnstown income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$37,888 Bottom 1% higher than 1% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Johnstown $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in PA

Population among 88 PA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Philadelphia is the largest PA city on this list; Franklin Park leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in PA

Median household income among the same 88-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Franklin Park posts the highest place-level median income in PA; Philadelphia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Johnstown, PA beyond the headline numbers

Johnstown sits inside Cambria County, Pennsylvania, at roughly 40.33°N, -78.92°W. Population 19,966, $37,888 median household income. Median home value $45,400, median rent $644. Poverty rate 31.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Johnstown, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

31.9% of Johnstown, PA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Johnstown runs about 1.2 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10.1% of Johnstown workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 44% in Johnstown, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

4.8% of Johnstown workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 44 years, Johnstown's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Johnstown from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
19,966
Johnstown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$37,888
-58% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$45,400
-89% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cambria County): Johnstown's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
132K-8%
Median Income
$58,418+40%
Median Home Value
$121,000+39%
Poverty Rate
14.2%-5%
Unemployment
4.6%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Johnstown, PA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$644/mo
Poverty Rate
31.9% +157% vs avg
Unemployment 6.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.8%
Work From Home 10.1%
Public Transit 4.8%

Population

White 70.5%
African American 14.7%
Asian 1.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 7.5%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
44%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
JOHNSTOWN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Johnstown?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Johnstown right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet PA-JOHNSTOWN-PA · Johnstown

Johnstown: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Johnstown; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Pennsylvania state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Johnstown, PA? ▼
Johnstown, PA has a population of 19,966 people, located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Johnstown? ▼
The median household income in Johnstown, PA is $37,888 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 31.9%.
What is the median home value in Johnstown? ▼
The median home value in Johnstown, PA is $45,400. Median rent is $644/month.
What are the top health concerns in Johnstown? ▼
The top health indicators in Johnstown include Short Sleep Duration (44%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Johnstown? ▼
Johnstown has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Johnstown? ▼
The median age in Johnstown, PA is 44 years. 15.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Johnstown, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside PA (31.9% here).

Warren, OH 31.9% New Brunswick, NJ 32% Las Vegas, NM 32% Helena-West Helena, AR 31.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside PA ($37,888 here).

Warren, OH $37,887 Storrs, CT $37,839 West Point, MS $38,064 Flint, MI $37,646

Compare Johnstown with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Indiana, PA 14K Altoona, PA 45K Greensburg, PA 14K Cumberland, MD 20K Murrysville, PA 20K Plum, PA 28K Natrona Heights, PA 11K Lower Burrell, PA 12K
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Using Johnstown's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Johnstown area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Johnstown against Pennsylvania peers on any ranking lens. Explore Pennsylvania

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cambria County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.