Overview
Johnston is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 2,135 people and just one neighborhood, Johnston is the 139th largest community in South Carolina.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Johnston, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.44% of Johnston鈥檚 employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Johnston is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnston who work in food service (9.89%), office and administrative support (9.22%), and sales jobs (9.11%).
Setting & Lifestyle
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Johnston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Johnston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Johnston doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
The citizens of Johnston are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.81% of adults in Johnston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Johnston in 2022 was $22,252, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,008 for a family of four.
Johnston is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Johnston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Johnston residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Johnston include African, Irish, English, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Johnston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by 蘑菇视频's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Occupations
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive 蘑菇视频 analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 98.7% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry.
The Neighbors
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. 蘑菇视频's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Johnston are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. 蘑菇视频's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 39.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.8%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.3%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Johnston, SC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (7.8%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (5.7%), along with some African ancestry residents (5.7%), among others.
Getting to Work
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (77.4%) 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 (8.2%) and 6.6% of residents also ride the bus for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
