Photo: QuintinK · CC BY-SA 4.0About one in three of Junction City’s working residents commute to Eugene
Jobs & income B−: better than 53% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #63 of 142 in Oregon.
Walkability B: more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns · #119 of 142 in Oregon.
Household incomes here are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Oregon 23, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Junction City; the top destination outside it is Eugene (33%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Junction City
What’s behind Junction City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Junction City is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #63 of 142 in Oregon. Household income holds Junction City’s grade up ($85,595, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Junction City could be anywhere from C to A.
33% of working residents work in Eugene
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Junction City clocks in
33% of workers
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Junction City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,663 residents head out to work, 356 work right here, and 1,964 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Junction City on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 2,320 jobs in Junction City are
2,320 jobs are based in Junction City. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Junction City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Junction City, 2013 → 2023: 1,809 → 2,320. 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Oregon
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Junction City workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,536 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Junction City commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Junction City start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Junction City is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #119 of 142 in Oregon. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,843 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 72% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.9% of Junction City households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Junction City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Junction City is 1,683rd of 3,122 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Junction City, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | Creswell OR | 5,566 | $100K | 4.3% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 497 | Cedar Hills OR | 8,388 | $106K | 2.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 512 | Rockcreek OR | 9,223 | $107K | 4.3% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,681 | Pleasant Run OH | 5,629 | $80K | 10.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,682 | Charlotte MI | 9,305 | $63K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 23% | B− |
| 1,683 | Junction City OR | 7,224 | $86K | 9.5% | 5.3% | 12% | B− |
| 1,684 | Scipio Township IN | 5,132 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,685 | Absecon NJ | 9,209 | $74K | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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?
$85,595 (±$8,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Junction City?
9.5%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Junction City?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Junction City work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eugene (33%, 11 mi), Springfield (8%, 15 mi), Salem (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Junction City walkable?
Junction City is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 14.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Junction City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 72% 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.