Ebensburg vs Johnstown

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

Ebensburg 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 3,381 in Ebensburg). Ebensburg has the higher median household income ($55,735 vs $34,784 in Johnstown). Ebensburg has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $42,100 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
Population	3,381	18,245
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,735	$34,784
Median home value	$157,500	$42,100
Median gross rent	$855	$616
Housing units	1,801	11,800
Homeownership rate	60.0%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
Population	3,122 → 3,381 (+8.3%)	19,569 → 18,245 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$44,556 → $55,735 (+25.1%)	$24,561 → $34,784 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $157,500 (+8.0%)	$38,100 → $42,100 (+10.5%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $855 (+17.4%)	$523 → $616 (+17.8%)

Ebensburg

Population

3,1223,381

Median household income

$44,556$55,735

Median home value

$145,900$157,500

Median gross rent

$728$855

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)

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.6%
75 and over	11.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	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	0.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
Drove alone	73.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	3.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
1-unit, detached	60.4%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ebensburg	Johnstown
Poverty rate	6.9%	31.2%
Average household size	2.12	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1943