Johnston is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,078 people and just one neighborhood, Johnston is the 139th largest community in South Carolina.
When you are in Johnston, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.41% of Johnston’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Johnston is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnston who work in healthcare suport services (10.59%), office and administrative support (9.22%), and food service (5.97%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Johnston has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Johnston has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Johnston than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Johnston may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Johnston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Johnston with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.20% of adults in Johnston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Johnston in 2022 was $21,618, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,472 for a family of four. Johnston also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.38% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Johnston is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Johnston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnston residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Johnston include African, English, Irish, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Johnston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 8.0% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 98.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Johnston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 88.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 37.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (19.2%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (9.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Johnston, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (5.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.2%) and 5.6% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.