Johnstown is a medium-sized town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 18,636 people and three associated neighborhoods, Johnstown is the 35th largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Johnstown, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Johnstown, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Johnstown’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Johnstown does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $120,395.00.

Housing costs in Johnstown are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.

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

A relatively large number of people in Johnstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.98% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Johnstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Johnstown citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.92% of adults in Johnstown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Johnstown in 2022 was $47,480, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,920 for a family of four. However, Johnstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Johnstown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Johnstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Johnstown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Johnstown include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Johnstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.