Ohio · Census place 3939340

Johnstown, Ohio

Johnstown is a city in Licking County, Ohio with an estimated 5,356 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 247th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,356
#247 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+163 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,791 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Johnstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Johnstown population, 2020 to 2024

Johnstown added 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Johnstown is 39% of it.

5,19320205,24620215,28820225,32520235,3562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,186. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Johnstown covers 2.99 square miles of land, for 1,791 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Johnstown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Johnstown is in

All of Johnstown's residents live in Licking County, which had 184,898 residents in 2024. Johnstown holds 2.9% 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: 43031. 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 40.149100, -82.686900. Columbus, the capital, is 21.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Albany, OH (11,604 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 19.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.149100, -82.686900
DMS
40°08'56.76"N 82°41'12.84"W
UTM
17N 356316.9E 4445670.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GV48X7+J6

Daylight in Johnstown

At 40.15° N, Johnstown gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is New Albany, 6.2 miles away, with 11,604 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Johnstown, OH?

5,356 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 163 (3.1%) from 5,193 in July 2020.

What county is Johnstown in?

Licking County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Johnstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43031.

How far is Johnstown from Columbus?

21.0 miles (33.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Johnstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Johnstown?

New Albany, OH, with 11,604 residents, 6.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.