Junction City vs Strong

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

Junction City and Strong 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 388 in Strong). Junction City has the higher median household income ($35,506 vs $26,932 in Strong). Junction City has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $66,400 in Strong).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Strong
Population	564	388
Median age	40.1 yrs	61.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,506	$26,932
Median home value	$110,400	$66,400
Median gross rent	$683	$659
Housing units	242	305
Homeownership rate	73.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Strong
Population	624 → 564 (-9.6%)	281 → 388 (+38.1%)
Median household income	$24,902 → $35,506 (+42.6%)	$29,844 → $26,932 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$62,800 → $110,400 (+75.8%)	$36,000 → $66,400 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $683 (-9.9%)	$326 → $659 (+102.1%)

Junction City

Population

624564

Median household income

$24,902$35,506

Median home value

$62,800$110,400

Median gross rent

$758$683

Strong

Population

281388

Median household income

$29,844$26,932

Median home value

$36,000$66,400

Median gross rent

$326$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Strong
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	16.0%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.7%	30.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	5.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Strong
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	59.5%
Black or African American	58.7%	28.9%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Strong
No high school diploma	24.6%	23.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Strong
Drove alone	94.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	33.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Strong
1-unit, detached	51.2%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.8%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Strong
Poverty rate	17.5%	32.5%
Average household size	2.65	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	57
Median year structure built	1982	1979