Calion vs Junction City

A side-by-side comparison of Calion and Junction City: population, income, housing, and more.

Calion and Junction City are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Junction City has the higher population (564 vs 405 in Calion). Calion has the higher median household income ($42,039 vs $35,506 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $61,700 in Calion).

Population, income & housing

	Calion	Junction City
Population	405	564
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,039	$35,506
Median home value	$61,700	$110,400
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	258	242
Homeownership rate	89.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calion	Junction City
Population	510 → 405 (-20.6%)	624 → 564 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $42,039 (-19.3%)	$24,902 → $35,506 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $61,700 (-16.2%)	$62,800 → $110,400 (+75.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $683 (-9.9%)

Calion

Population

510405

Median household income

$52,083$42,039

Median home value

$73,600$61,700

Junction City

Population

624564

Median household income

$24,902$35,506

Median home value

$62,800$110,400

Median gross rent

$758$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calion	Junction City
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	16.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	18.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.4%
75 and over	4.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calion	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	40.2%
Black or African American	25.2%	58.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calion	Junction City
No high school diploma	8.2%	24.6%
High school graduate	52.3%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calion	Junction City
Drove alone	95.1%	94.4%
Carpooled	0.5%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calion	Junction City
1-unit, detached	54.7%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.3%	48.8%

Poverty & households

	Calion	Junction City
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1980	1982