Johnstown, New York

Johnstown population, 2020 to 2024

Johnstown lost 149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -73. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 131st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Johnstown is 78% of it.

Johnstown covers 4.82 square miles of land, for 1,665 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Johnstown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Johnstown is in

All of Johnstown's residents live in Fulton County, which had 52,073 residents in 2024. Johnstown holds 15.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Johnstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Johnstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12095. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Johnstown is

The Census internal point of Johnstown is at 43.007300, -74.375100. Albany, the capital, is 39.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gloversville, NY (14,894 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 37.5 miles away.

Daylight in Johnstown

At 43.01° N, Johnstown gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Johnstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Gloversville, 3.3 miles away, with 14,894 people.