Johnstown vs Westmont

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

Johnstown and Westmont 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 4,893 in Westmont). Westmont has the higher median household income ($99,171 vs $34,784 in Johnstown). Westmont has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $42,100 in Johnstown).

Population, income & housing

	Johnstown	Westmont
Population	18,245	4,893
Median age	45.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,784	$99,171
Median home value	$42,100	$175,100
Median gross rent	$616	$1,029
Housing units	11,800	2,020
Homeownership rate	54.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnstown	Westmont
Population	19,569 → 18,245 (-6.8%)	4,797 → 4,893 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$24,561 → $34,784 (+41.6%)	$70,733 → $99,171 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $42,100 (+10.5%)	$157,800 → $175,100 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $616 (+17.8%)	$910 → $1,029 (+13.1%)

Johnstown

Population

19,56918,245

Median household income

$24,561$34,784

Median home value

$38,100$42,100

Median gross rent

$523$616

Westmont

Population

4,7974,893

Median household income

$70,733$99,171

Median home value

$157,800$175,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnstown	Westmont
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.4%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnstown	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	13.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnstown	Westmont
No high school diploma	12.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	46.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnstown	Westmont
Drove alone	68.5%	66.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.7%
Public transit	4.9%	1.9%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	20.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnstown	Westmont
1-unit, detached	52.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Johnstown	Westmont
Poverty rate	31.2%	11.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1943	1953