Johnstown vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (50,393 vs 5,247 in Johnstown). Johnstown has the higher median household income ($94,955 vs $58,920 in Newark). Johnstown has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $174,100 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Johnstown	Newark
Population	5,247	50,393
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,955	$58,920
Median home value	$314,600	$174,100
Median gross rent	$886	$926
Housing units	1,944	22,236
Homeownership rate	62.3%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnstown	Newark
Population	5,237 → 5,247 (+0.2%)	49,470 → 50,393 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $94,955 (+65.1%)	$45,039 → $58,920 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $314,600 (+90.3%)	$123,100 → $174,100 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $886 (+5.1%)	$776 → $926 (+19.3%)

Johnstown

Population

5,2375,247

Median household income

$57,500$94,955

Median home value

$165,300$314,600

Median gross rent

$843$886

Newark

Population

49,47050,393

Median household income

$45,039$58,920

Median home value

$123,100$174,100

Median gross rent

$776$926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnstown	Newark
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.3%
75 and over	3.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnstown	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnstown	Newark
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnstown	Newark
Drove alone	75.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnstown	Newark
1-unit, detached	65.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Johnstown	Newark
Poverty rate	8.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1992	1963