Box Springs vs Junction City

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (354 vs 189 in Box Springs). Since 2019, Junction City's population has grown faster (+93.4% vs +61.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Box Springs	Junction City
Population	189	354
Median age	60.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,158	—
Median gross rent	—	$640
Housing units	128	108
Homeownership rate	89.8%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Springs	Junction City
Population	117 → 189 (+61.5%)	183 → 354 (+93.4%)
Median household income	$31,042 → $28,158 (-9.3%)	$31,136 → $45,000 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $45,000 (+47.1%)	$47,100 → $71,000 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$494 → $640 (+29.6%)

Box Springs

Population

117189

Median household income

$31,042$28,158

Median home value

$30,600$45,000

Junction City

Population

183354

Median household income

$31,136$45,000

Median home value

$47,100$71,000

Median gross rent

$494$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Springs	Junction City
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	3.2%	18.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	22.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	27.0%	4.2%
75 and over	11.1%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Springs	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	41.8%	11.3%
Black or African American	53.4%	83.1%
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%	2.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Springs	Junction City
No high school diploma	33.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	61.8%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Springs	Junction City
Drove alone	54.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Springs	Junction City
1-unit, detached	22.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	66.4%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Box Springs	Junction City
Poverty rate	51.9%	11.6%
Average household size	1.93	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1987	1985