Heath vs Johnstown

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

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

Heath has the higher population (10,545 vs 5,247 in Johnstown). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($94,955 vs $74,773 in Heath). Johnstown has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $215,000 in Heath).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Johnstown
Population	10,545	5,247
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,773	$94,955
Median home value	$215,000	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,094	$886
Housing units	4,451	1,944
Homeownership rate	71.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Johnstown
Population	10,745 → 10,545 (-1.9%)	5,237 → 5,247 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$55,956 → $74,773 (+33.6%)	$57,500 → $94,955 (+65.1%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $215,000 (+42.7%)	$165,300 → $314,600 (+90.3%)
Median gross rent	$871 → $1,094 (+25.6%)	$843 → $886 (+5.1%)

Heath

Population

10,74510,545

Median household income

$55,956$74,773

Median home value

$150,700$215,000

Median gross rent

$871$1,094

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)

	Heath	Johnstown
Under 5	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	10.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Johnstown
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Johnstown
Drove alone	81.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	62.5%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	11.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Johnstown
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1978	1992