Junction City vs Norphlet

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

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

Norphlet has the higher population (834 vs 564 in Junction City). Norphlet has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $35,506 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $109,100 in Norphlet).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Norphlet
Population	564	834
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,506	$51,250
Median home value	$110,400	$109,100
Median gross rent	$683	$633
Housing units	242	371
Homeownership rate	73.7%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Norphlet
Population	624 → 564 (-9.6%)	612 → 834 (+36.3%)
Median household income	$24,902 → $35,506 (+42.6%)	$52,813 → $51,250 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $110,400 (+75.8%)	$73,400 → $109,100 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $683 (-9.9%)	$836 → $633 (-24.3%)

Junction City

Population

624564

Median household income

$24,902$35,506

Median home value

$62,800$110,400

Median gross rent

$758$683

Norphlet

Population

612834

Median household income

$52,813$51,250

Median home value

$73,400$109,100

Median gross rent

$836$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Norphlet
Under 5	6.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	16.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Norphlet
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	89.7%
Black or African American	58.7%	3.6%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Norphlet
No high school diploma	24.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Norphlet
Drove alone	94.4%	89.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Norphlet
1-unit, detached	51.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.8%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Norphlet
Poverty rate	17.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1982	1976