Junction City vs Smackover

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

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

Smackover has the higher population (2,137 vs 564 in Junction City). Smackover has the higher median household income ($53,105 vs $35,506 in Junction City). Smackover has the higher median home value ($113,100 vs $110,400 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Smackover
Population	564	2,137
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,506	$53,105
Median home value	$110,400	$113,100
Median gross rent	$683	$845
Housing units	242	941
Homeownership rate	73.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Smackover
Population	624 → 564 (-9.6%)	1,715 → 2,137 (+24.6%)
Median household income	$24,902 → $35,506 (+42.6%)	$39,167 → $53,105 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $110,400 (+75.8%)	$74,600 → $113,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $683 (-9.9%)	$775 → $845 (+9.0%)

Junction City

Population

624564

Median household income

$24,902$35,506

Median home value

$62,800$110,400

Median gross rent

$758$683

Smackover

Population

1,7152,137

Median household income

$39,167$53,105

Median home value

$74,600$113,100

Median gross rent

$775$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Smackover
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.0%
75 and over	5.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Smackover
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	66.4%
Black or African American	58.7%	26.6%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Smackover
No high school diploma	24.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	22.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Smackover
Drove alone	94.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Smackover
1-unit, detached	51.2%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.8%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Smackover
Poverty rate	17.5%	21.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1982	1980