Erie vs Johnstown

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Johnstown: population, income, housing, and more.

Erie and Johnstown are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Erie has the higher population (31,927 vs 18,075 in Johnstown). Erie has the higher median household income ($163,644 vs $130,851 in Johnstown). Erie has the higher median home value ($685,900 vs $493,500 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Johnstown
Population	31,927	18,075
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$163,644	$130,851
Median home value	$685,900	$493,500
Median gross rent	$2,775	$1,767
Housing units	11,277	6,647
Homeownership rate	87.9%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.5%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Johnstown
Population	24,223 → 31,927 (+31.8%)	14,910 → 18,075 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$119,555 → $163,644 (+36.9%)	$100,025 → $130,851 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$468,600 → $685,900 (+46.4%)	$336,100 → $493,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,775 (+27.5%)	$1,589 → $1,767 (+11.2%)

Erie

Population

24,22331,927

Median household income

$119,555$163,644

Median home value

$468,600$685,900

Median gross rent

$2,177$2,775

Johnstown

Population

14,91018,075

Median household income

$100,025$130,851

Median home value

$336,100$493,500

Median gross rent

$1,589$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Johnstown
Under 5	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	18.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.0%
75 and over	3.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Johnstown
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	10.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Johnstown
Drove alone	60.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	29.8%	15.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	86.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Johnstown
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.2%
Average household size	2.87	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2007	2007