Ainsworth vs Johnstown

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

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

Ainsworth has the higher population (1,632 vs 27 in Johnstown). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($56,548 vs $51,667 in Ainsworth). Since 2019, Ainsworth's population has grown faster (-3.3% vs -41.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
Population	1,632	27
Median age	50.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$56,548
Median home value	$90,500	—
Median gross rent	$870	—
Housing units	904	48
Homeownership rate	72.5%	3.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
Population	1,688 → 1,632 (-3.3%)	46 → 27 (-41.3%)
Median household income	$41,205 → $51,667 (+25.4%)	$30,000 → $56,548 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $90,500 (+13.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$509 → $870 (+70.9%)	—

Ainsworth

Population

1,6881,632

Median household income

$41,205$51,667

Median home value

$80,000$90,500

Median gross rent

$509$870

Johnstown

Population

4627

Median household income

$30,000$56,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	77.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	7.4%
75 and over	14.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
No high school diploma	8.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
Drove alone	83.9%	22.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	77.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	81.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Ainsworth	Johnstown
Poverty rate	10.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	1.04
Mean commute (minutes)	10	—
Median year structure built	1964	1948