About Johnston

Johnston is a somewhat small town located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 9,020 people and just one neighborhood, Johnston is the 39th largest community in Iowa.

Johnston is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.05% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Johnston is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnston who work in management occupations (16.00%), sales jobs (15.65%), and office and administrative support jobs (14.02%).

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

One of the benefits of Johnston is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.30 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Johnston is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Johnston isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.28% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Johnston is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Johnston Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Johnston. 49.96% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Johnston in 2000 was $37,471, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,884 for a family of four. However, Johnston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Johnston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Johnston is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Johnston include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Italian, French, Danish, Swedish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Johnston is English.