Junction City vs Salyer

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (1,084 vs 465 in Salyer). Salyer has the higher median home value ($575,800 vs $401,900 in Junction City). Since 2019, Junction City's population has grown faster (+58.9% vs +7.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Salyer
Population	1,084	465
Median age	49.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,669	—
Median home value	$401,900	$575,800
Median gross rent	$834	—
Housing units	402	192
Homeownership rate	76.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Salyer
Population	682 → 1,084 (+58.9%)	433 → 465 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$53,952 → $62,669 (+16.2%)	$35,446 → $33,375 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$352,000 → $401,900 (+14.2%)	$388,300 → $575,800 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $834 (+20.9%)	$1,004 → $1,809 (+80.2%)

Junction City

Population

6821,084

Median household income

$53,952$62,669

Median home value

$352,000$401,900

Median gross rent

$690$834

Salyer

Population

433465

Median household income

$35,446$33,375

Median home value

$388,300$575,800

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Salyer
Under 5	4.3%	29.5%
5 to 17	5.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	20.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	18.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	32.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.1%
75 and over	4.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Salyer
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	46.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	24.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Salyer
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Salyer
Drove alone	45.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.7%	16.2%
Other means	18.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Salyer
1-unit, detached	87.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Salyer
Poverty rate	23.3%	5.2%
Average household size	3.66	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1994	1961