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Outdoors in Johnson
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1880
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Tennessee - Washington County - Johnson City - ED 90-9 - ED 90-31, 1880
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About Johnson
City in Tennessee, United StatesJohnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. Located in an Appalachian valley near the Boone Lake impoundment of the Watauga River, Johnson City is Tennessee's eighth-most populous city, with a population of 71,046 as of the 2020 Census. Johnson City is the largest city of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Tri-Cities (Tennessee-Virginia) region of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, which contains Kingsport, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee and had a population of 585,041 at the 2020 Census. Johnson City is the nearest city to the first permanent European-American settlem…
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How Johnson ranks
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Housing in Johnson
The typical Johnson home is worth about $295,000, up 1.3% in a year, 12% below the Tennessee typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Johnson
Safety Grade C-
Johnson reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.
Health in Johnson
Health Grade C
Healthier than 28% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 47% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Tennessee
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 25 are too close to call.
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Schools in Johnson
All Johnson schools →School Grade A
The public schools Johnson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 85% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TN. Ratings are from neighbors.
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