Iuka vs Junction City

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (753 vs 451 in Iuka). Junction City has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $51,563 in Iuka). Iuka has the higher median home value ($72,700 vs $71,300 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Iuka	Junction City
Population	451	753
Median age	34.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,563	$53,333
Median home value	$72,700	$71,300
Median gross rent	$706	$959
Housing units	191	258
Homeownership rate	84.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iuka	Junction City
Population	498 → 451 (-9.4%)	572 → 753 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$40,795 → $51,563 (+26.4%)	$38,750 → $53,333 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$52,300 → $72,700 (+39.0%)	$51,000 → $71,300 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $706 (+0.9%)	$708 → $959 (+35.5%)

Iuka

Population

498451

Median household income

$40,795$51,563

Median home value

$52,300$72,700

Median gross rent

$700$706

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)

	Iuka	Junction City
Under 5	11.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.7%
75 and over	4.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iuka	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iuka	Junction City
No high school diploma	11.3%	27.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iuka	Junction City
Drove alone	81.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iuka	Junction City
1-unit, detached	66.5%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	62.4%

Poverty & households

	Iuka	Junction City
Poverty rate	12.9%	30.4%
Average household size	2.80	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1979	1984