Johnstown vs Severance

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

Johnstown and Severance 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 9,302 in Severance). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($130,851 vs $127,257 in Severance). Severance has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $493,500 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Johnstown	Severance
Population	18,075	9,302
Median age	34.0 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$130,851	$127,257
Median home value	$493,500	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,767	$2,108
Housing units	6,647	3,190
Homeownership rate	77.3%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnstown	Severance
Population	14,910 → 18,075 (+21.2%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$100,025 → $130,851 (+30.8%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$336,100 → $493,500 (+46.8%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,589 → $1,767 (+11.2%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

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

Severance

Population

4,7459,302

Median household income

$106,141$127,257

Median home value

$362,500$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnstown	Severance
Under 5	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	6.3%
75 and over	4.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnstown	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnstown	Severance
No high school diploma	5.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	22.2%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnstown	Severance
Drove alone	74.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	21.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnstown	Severance
1-unit, detached	79.8%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Johnstown	Severance
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	2007	2012