Johnson City vs Port Dickinson

A side-by-side comparison of Johnson City and Port Dickinson: population, income, housing, and more.

Johnson City and Port Dickinson are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnson City has the higher population (15,130 vs 1,920 in Port Dickinson). Port Dickinson has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $51,667 in Johnson City). Port Dickinson has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $110,600 in Johnson City).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
Population	15,130	1,920
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$62,813
Median home value	$110,600	$131,500
Median gross rent	$993	$894
Housing units	7,894	863
Homeownership rate	51.5%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
Population	14,448 → 15,130 (+4.7%)	1,931 → 1,920 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$42,299 → $51,667 (+22.1%)	$56,172 → $62,813 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $110,600 (+23.9%)	$109,700 → $131,500 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $993 (+15.5%)	$757 → $894 (+18.1%)

Johnson City

Population

14,44815,130

Median household income

$42,299$51,667

Median home value

$89,300$110,600

Median gross rent

$860$993

Port Dickinson

Population

1,9311,920

Median household income

$56,172$62,813

Median home value

$109,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$757$894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
Under 5	5.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	12.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.7%
75 and over	9.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	90.4%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
Drove alone	68.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.6%
Public transit	2.8%	0.6%
Walked	4.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.9%
Other means	3.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
1-unit, detached	52.1%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	34.0%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Johnson City	Port Dickinson
Poverty rate	19.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1950	1938