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Johnson City, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Johnson City, Texas (Johnson City, TX — Census place “Johnson City city”) is 1,952 residents, ranking #755 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $47,232, the median home is worth $348,500 and median gross rent runs $1,012 a month. Looking for the Johnson City Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Johnson City, TX: 78636.
- Population
- 1,952Johnson City city residents
- Median household income
- $47,232Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $348,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,012Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 52.5%Owner-occupied households
Johnson City ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Johnson City.
The Johnson City TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Johnson City city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Johnson City city median would spend about 25.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 7.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.2% of residents and 52.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Johnson City city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Johnson City city is a small town in Texas, with 1,952 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #755 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 59% of them. The median age here is 44.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Johnson City city earn a median of $47,232 a year, 39.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 21.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Johnson City city is valued at $348,500, 14.9% above the national figure and 95% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,012 a month, 28% below the national figure, or roughly $12,144 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 7.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 52.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Home values sit at 7.4× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Johnson City city?
- Johnson City city has 1,952 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #755 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Johnson City city?
- Median household income in Johnson City city is $47,232 a year, 39.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Johnson City city?
- Median gross rent is $1,012 a month and the median home value is $348,500, so rent absorbs about 25.7% of median household income.
- Is Johnson City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 7.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Johnson City city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Johnson City city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.