Energy vs Johnston City

A side-by-side comparison of Energy and Johnston City: population, income, housing, and more.

Energy and Johnston City are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnston City has the higher population (3,351 vs 1,171 in Energy). Energy has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $46,629 in Johnston City). Energy has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $84,500 in Johnston City).

Population, income & housing

	Energy	Johnston City
Population	1,171	3,351
Median age	50.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,417	$46,629
Median home value	$138,500	$84,500
Median gross rent	$835	$830
Housing units	564	1,707
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Energy	Johnston City
Population	1,016 → 1,171 (+15.3%)	3,450 → 3,351 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$50,031 → $70,417 (+40.7%)	$38,696 → $46,629 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $138,500 (+19.7%)	$65,800 → $84,500 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)	$532 → $830 (+56.0%)

Energy

Population

1,0161,171

Median household income

$50,031$70,417

Median home value

$115,700$138,500

Median gross rent

$669$835

Johnston City

Population

3,4503,351

Median household income

$38,696$46,629

Median home value

$65,800$84,500

Median gross rent

$532$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Energy	Johnston City
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	19.7%	7.8%
75 and over	13.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Energy	Johnston City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Energy	Johnston City
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Energy	Johnston City
Drove alone	86.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.4%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Energy	Johnston City
1-unit, detached	81.4%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Energy	Johnston City
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1977	1953