Johnson City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 55,323 people and 19 constituent neighborhoods, Johnson City is the eighth largest community in Tennessee.

Johnson City is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Johnson City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnson City who work in sales jobs (14.76%), office and administrative support jobs (14.54%), and management occupations (8.45%).

In addition, Johnson City is a college town. There are a lot of students in Johnson City attending college, and as a result Johnson City provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Johnson City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.46 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.

Johnson City Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Johnson City citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.35% of adults in Johnson City have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Johnson City in 2000 was $20,364, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,456 for a family of four.

The people who call Johnson City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Johnson City is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Johnson City include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Johnson City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.