Johnstown is a somewhat small city located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,099 people and two associated neighborhoods, Johnstown is the 214th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Johnstown was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Also of interest is that Johnstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Johnstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small city, Johnstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Johnstown who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.04% of adults in Johnstown have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Johnstown in 2022 was $34,473, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,892 for a family of four. However, Johnstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Johnstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Johnstown include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Johnstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.