Helena Historic District · Photo: Musetted · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Junction City trail those of 90% of U.S. towns
16.1% of residents are in poverty (California 12.0%). Junction City grades D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 6% work in Junction City; the top destination outside it is Weaverville (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Junction City: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Junction City is better than 4% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Junction City’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Junction City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Junction City could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Junction City
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Junction City’s residents
Where Junction City clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 51% of Junction City’s jobs are in goods
57 jobs are based in Junction City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Junction City, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 57. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Junction City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Junction City: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Junction City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Junction City’s workers travel
About 45% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Junction City: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Junction City is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Junction City near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 540 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.6% of Junction City households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Junction City’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Junction City compares with U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,987 | Garfield Township MI | 1,187 | $53K | 18.2% | 10.1% | 8% | D− |
| 3,988 | Springdale Township MI | 1,433 | $53K | 19.4% | 6.5% | <1% | D− |
| 3,989 | Junction City CA | 1,190 | $48K | 16.1% | 4.3% | 6% | D− |
| 3,990 | Nunda NY | 1,155 | $55K | 32.1% | 3.6% | 11% | D− |
| 3,991 | Bryson City NC | 1,525 | $44K | 24.3% | 1.0% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Junction City, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Junction City: questions
What is the median household income in Junction City?
$48,250 (±$24,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Junction City?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Junction City?
15 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Junction City work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Weaverville (13%, 8 mi), Salyer (9%, 27 mi), Willow Creek (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Junction City walkable?
Junction City is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Junction City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Junction City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Junction City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.