Greeley vs Johnstown

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

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

Greeley has the higher population (109,421 vs 18,075 in Johnstown). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $68,650 in Greeley). Johnstown has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $369,600 in Greeley).

Population, income & housing

	Greeley	Johnstown
Population	109,421	18,075
Median age	32.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,650	$130,851
Median home value	$369,600	$493,500
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,767
Housing units	41,134	6,647
Homeownership rate	60.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeley	Johnstown
Population	105,888 → 109,421 (+3.3%)	14,910 → 18,075 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$57,586 → $68,650 (+19.2%)	$100,025 → $130,851 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$247,700 → $369,600 (+49.2%)	$336,100 → $493,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,333 (+32.4%)	$1,589 → $1,767 (+11.2%)

Greeley

Population

105,888109,421

Median household income

$57,586$68,650

Median home value

$247,700$369,600

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,333

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)

	Greeley	Johnstown
Under 5	6.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.0%
75 and over	5.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeley	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	52.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	41.5%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeley	Johnstown
No high school diploma	16.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.5%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeley	Johnstown
Drove alone	74.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeley	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	56.5%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Greeley	Johnstown
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1984	2007