Central City vs Junction City

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

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

Central City has the higher population (1,123 vs 753 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $47,750 in Central City). Junction City has the higher median home value ($71,300 vs $43,900 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Junction City
Population	1,123	753
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,750	$53,333
Median home value	$43,900	$71,300
Median gross rent	$888	$959
Housing units	592	258
Homeownership rate	72.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Junction City
Population	1,256 → 1,123 (-10.6%)	572 → 753 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $47,750 (+14.0%)	$38,750 → $53,333 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$51,600 → $43,900 (-14.9%)	$51,000 → $71,300 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $888 (+17.5%)	$708 → $959 (+35.5%)

Central City

Population

1,2561,123

Median household income

$41,875$47,750

Median home value

$51,600$43,900

Median gross rent

$756$888

Junction City

Population

572753

Median household income

$38,750$53,333

Median home value

$51,000$71,300

Median gross rent

$708$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Junction City
Under 5	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.7%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Junction City
No high school diploma	11.7%	27.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Junction City
Drove alone	81.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.8%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Junction City
1-unit, detached	63.0%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	34.3%	62.4%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Junction City
Poverty rate	27.7%	30.4%
Average household size	2.35	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1964	1984