Hayfork vs Junction City

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

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

Hayfork has the higher population (3,198 vs 1,084 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($62,669 vs $45,918 in Hayfork). Junction City has the higher median home value ($401,900 vs $291,300 in Hayfork).

Population, income & housing

	Hayfork	Junction City
Population	3,198	1,084
Median age	60.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,918	$62,669
Median home value	$291,300	$401,900
Median gross rent	$808	$834
Housing units	1,274	402
Homeownership rate	59.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayfork	Junction City
Population	2,711 → 3,198 (+18.0%)	682 → 1,084 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$34,056 → $45,918 (+34.8%)	$53,952 → $62,669 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$295,500 → $291,300 (-1.4%)	$352,000 → $401,900 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $808 (+17.1%)	$690 → $834 (+20.9%)

Hayfork

Population

2,7113,198

Median household income

$34,056$45,918

Median home value

$295,500$291,300

Median gross rent

$690$808

Junction City

Population

6821,084

Median household income

$53,952$62,669

Median home value

$352,000$401,900

Median gross rent

$690$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayfork	Junction City
Under 5	1.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	5.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	4.4%	20.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	18.8%
55 to 64	24.5%	20.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	17.1%
75 and over	12.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayfork	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	14.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayfork	Junction City
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	65.0%	57.3%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayfork	Junction City
Drove alone	51.4%	45.2%
Carpooled	18.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	32.7%
Other means	0.0%	18.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayfork	Junction City
1-unit, detached	80.5%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Hayfork	Junction City
Poverty rate	29.7%	23.3%
Average household size	3.23	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	15
Median year structure built	1976	1994