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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.30 minutes getting to work every day.

Johnston is a very car-oriented town. 98.28% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Johnston is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Johnston has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Johnston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Johnston Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Johnston, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Johnston is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.96% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 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.