Belmont vs Johnstown

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

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

Johnstown has the higher population (18,245 vs 2,624 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($57,132 vs $34,784 in Johnstown). Belmont has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $42,100 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Johnstown
Population	2,624	18,245
Median age	47.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,132	$34,784
Median home value	$148,600	$42,100
Median gross rent	$693	$616
Housing units	1,304	11,800
Homeownership rate	67.5%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Johnstown
Population	2,582 → 2,624 (+1.6%)	19,569 → 18,245 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$41,490 → $57,132 (+37.7%)	$24,561 → $34,784 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $148,600 (+18.4%)	$38,100 → $42,100 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $693 (+7.1%)	$523 → $616 (+17.8%)

Belmont

Population

2,5822,624

Median household income

$41,490$57,132

Median home value

$125,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$647$693

Johnstown

Population

19,56918,245

Median household income

$24,561$34,784

Median home value

$38,100$42,100

Median gross rent

$523$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Johnstown
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.6%
75 and over	18.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	70.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Johnstown
No high school diploma	2.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Johnstown
Drove alone	84.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	4.9%
Walked	2.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	79.6%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Johnstown
Poverty rate	10.6%	31.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1966	1943