Johnstown, Pennsylvania
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 3.9% since 2020.
17,654
people, the 35th-largest of Pennsylvania's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Pennsylvania's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
86.2%
of 11,088 jobs located in Johnstown are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 47% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$644
a month. Pennsylvania's median is $1,209.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $674 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cambria County.
- $576 Tract 133
- $1,250 Tract 107
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,080–$1,620
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $644 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 0 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 98% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–1.0% to the 11,654 homes here.
33–111
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 82% less than Pennsylvania's.
$45,400
median home value in Johnstown.
- $45,400 Johnstown
- $254,500 Pennsylvania
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year