Junction City vs Lewiston

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

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

Lewiston has the higher population (2,434 vs 1,084 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($62,669 vs $58,125 in Lewiston). Junction City has the higher median home value ($401,900 vs $328,900 in Lewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Lewiston
Population	1,084	2,434
Median age	49.2 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,669	$58,125
Median home value	$401,900	$328,900
Median gross rent	$834	$1,056
Housing units	402	764
Homeownership rate	76.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Lewiston
Population	682 → 1,084 (+58.9%)	1,383 → 2,434 (+76.0%)
Median household income	$53,952 → $62,669 (+16.2%)	$40,096 → $58,125 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$352,000 → $401,900 (+14.2%)	$273,000 → $328,900 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $834 (+20.9%)	$825 → $1,056 (+28.0%)

Junction City

Population

6821,084

Median household income

$53,952$62,669

Median home value

$352,000$401,900

Median gross rent

$690$834

Lewiston

Population

1,3832,434

Median household income

$40,096$58,125

Median home value

$273,000$328,900

Median gross rent

$825$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Lewiston
Under 5	4.3%	9.4%
5 to 17	5.5%	29.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	20.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	20.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	3.7%
75 and over	4.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Lewiston
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	57.3%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Lewiston
Drove alone	45.2%	67.7%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.7%	12.3%
Other means	18.2%	11.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	87.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Lewiston
Poverty rate	23.3%	17.6%
Average household size	3.66	4.64
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1994	1982