Firestone vs Johnstown

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

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

Johnstown has the higher population (18,075 vs 17,353 in Firestone). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $114,591 in Firestone). Firestone has the higher median home value ($511,800 vs $493,500 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Firestone	Johnstown
Population	17,353	18,075
Median age	35.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,591	$130,851
Median home value	$511,800	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,916	$1,767
Housing units	6,094	6,647
Homeownership rate	80.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firestone	Johnstown
Population	14,033 → 17,353 (+23.7%)	14,910 → 18,075 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$100,288 → $114,591 (+14.3%)	$100,025 → $130,851 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$354,000 → $511,800 (+44.6%)	$336,100 → $493,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $1,916 (+24.0%)	$1,589 → $1,767 (+11.2%)

Firestone

Population

14,03317,353

Median household income

$100,288$114,591

Median home value

$354,000$511,800

Median gross rent

$1,545$1,916

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)

	Firestone	Johnstown
Under 5	5.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.0%
75 and over	3.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firestone	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firestone	Johnstown
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	20.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firestone	Johnstown
Drove alone	74.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.1%	15.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firestone	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Firestone	Johnstown
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	2007	2007