Buckeye Lake vs Johnstown

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

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

Johnstown has the higher population (5,247 vs 2,513 in Buckeye Lake). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($94,955 vs $75,179 in Buckeye Lake). Johnstown has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $179,000 in Buckeye Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
Population	2,513	5,247
Median age	49.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$94,955
Median home value	$179,000	$314,600
Median gross rent	$870	$886
Housing units	1,394	1,944
Homeownership rate	74.9%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
Population	2,805 → 2,513 (-10.4%)	5,237 → 5,247 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$43,545 → $75,179 (+72.6%)	$57,500 → $94,955 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $179,000 (+65.3%)	$165,300 → $314,600 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $870 (+26.5%)	$843 → $886 (+5.1%)

Buckeye Lake

Population

2,8052,513

Median household income

$43,545$75,179

Median home value

$108,300$179,000

Median gross rent

$688$870

Johnstown

Population

5,2375,247

Median household income

$57,500$94,955

Median home value

$165,300$314,600

Median gross rent

$843$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	7.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	20.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
No high school diploma	18.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
Drove alone	83.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	16.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	64.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye Lake	Johnstown
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1975	1992