Junction City vs Lawson

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

Junction City and Lawson 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 106 in Lawson). Lawson has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $35,506 in Junction City). Since 2019, Lawson's population has grown faster (+32.5% vs -9.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Lawson
Population	564	106
Median age	40.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,506	$107,250
Median home value	$110,400	—
Median gross rent	$683	—
Housing units	242	44
Homeownership rate	73.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Lawson
Population	624 → 564 (-9.6%)	80 → 106 (+32.5%)
Median household income	$24,902 → $35,506 (+42.6%)	$103,500 → $107,250 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $110,400 (+75.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$758 → $683 (-9.9%)	—

Junction City

Population

624564

Median household income

$24,902$35,506

Median home value

$62,800$110,400

Median gross rent

$758$683

Lawson

Population

80106

Median household income

$103,500$107,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Lawson
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	20.8%
65 to 74	6.4%	21.7%
75 and over	5.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Lawson
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	90.6%
Black or African American	58.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.1%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Lawson
No high school diploma	24.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Lawson
Drove alone	94.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Lawson
1-unit, detached	51.2%	81.8%
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	48.8%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Lawson
Poverty rate	17.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1982	1976