For a small city, Johnstown has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Johnstown exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Johnstown rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.78% of adults 25 and older in Johnstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Johnstown in 2018 was $21,488, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,952 for a family of four. However, Johnstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Johnstown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Johnstown is a very ethnically-diverse city. 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, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Johnstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.
