Junction vs Ridgway

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

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

Ridgway has the higher population (764 vs 48 in Junction). Ridgway has the higher median household income ($42,404 vs $39,375 in Junction). Ridgway has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $58,300 in Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Junction	Ridgway
Population	48	764
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,375	$42,404
Median home value	$58,300	$73,700
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	36	436
Homeownership rate	47.8%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction	Ridgway
Population	101 → 48 (-52.5%)	788 → 764 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$29,464 → $39,375 (+33.6%)	$52,656 → $42,404 (-19.5%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $58,300 (-12.6%)	$64,500 → $73,700 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $732 (+39.4%)

Junction

Population

10148

Median household income

$29,464$39,375

Median home value

$66,700$58,300

Ridgway

Population

788764

Median household income

$52,656$42,404

Median home value

$64,500$73,700

Median gross rent

$525$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction	Ridgway
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	31.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	15.3%
75 and over	16.7%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction	Ridgway
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction	Ridgway
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	61.8%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction	Ridgway
Drove alone	87.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction	Ridgway
1-unit, detached	61.1%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction	Ridgway
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1973	1966