A town of 18,087, settled in 1770. A typical home worth about $98K.
The 3 things Johnstown does most differently from other towns.
1845 · Aqueduct on old Penn'a Canal at Johnsto…
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Cambria Iron Works
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The typical Johnstown home is worth about $98,000, up 3.8% in a year, 66% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
4.5 miles of trails across 7 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roxbury Park | 0.6 mi | 21 |
| 2. Sandyvale Memorial Gardens and Concervency | 0.6 mi | 16 |
| 3. Central Park | 0.3 mi | 2 |
About one in 4 of Johnstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richland (11%), Pittsburgh (2%) and Upper Yoder (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
The public schools Johnstown’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 86% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Johnstown MS | 5–7 | 615 | D |
| Greater Johnstown SHS | 8–12 | 917 | C− |
| Bishop McCort High School Private | 7–12 | 345 | |
| Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber Academy | K–12 | 140 | D− |
| Center for Achievement Private | K–9 | 17 |
Johnstown has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 74 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Johnstown's reported crime rate is well above Pennsylvania's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 118 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Johnstown beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 5 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| What stands out | Johnstown | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 27.3% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 50.9% | 64.4% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 60.8% | 67.5% |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 48% of U.S. communities.
20,978 people in 2010; 18,087 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
11 places in Johnstown on the National Register of Historic Places.
62 notable people were born in Johnstown.
City in Pennsylvania, United States
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 census. Located 57 miles (92 km) east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Johnstown metropolitan area, which had 133,472 residents in 2020. It is also part of the Johnstown–Somerset combined statistical area, which includes both Cambria and Somerset counties. Once a bustling industrial center, like many cities in the Rust Belt, Johnstown was severely affected by the loss of jobs in the steel industry due to globalization and the movement of American manufacturing to overseas markets.
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10 towns share a border with Johnstown.
