Johnstown is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,027 people and two associated neighborhoods, Johnstown is the 214th largest community in New York. Johnstown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities, Johnstown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Johnstown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Johnstown is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnstown who work in management occupations (13.54%), office and administrative support (11.65%), and sales jobs (9.67%). Also of interest is that Johnstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Johnstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Johnstown are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.68% of adults in Johnstown having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Johnstown in 2022 was $35,150, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,600 for a family of four. However, Johnstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Johnstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Johnstown include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Johnstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
