Johnston City is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,308 people and just one neighborhood, Johnston City is the 442nd largest community in Illinois. Johnston City has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Unlike some cities, Johnston City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Johnston City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Johnston City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnston City who work in sales jobs (15.01%), healthcare (14.55%), and teaching (10.07%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Johnston City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Johnston City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Johnston City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Johnston City may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.59 minutes getting to work every day.
The population of Johnston City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Johnston City, 21.95% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Johnston City in 2022 was $33,916, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,664 for a family of four. However, Johnston City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Johnston City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnston City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Johnston City include English, German, Irish, Polish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Johnston City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Johnston City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 41.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 6.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Johnston City, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.