Junction City vs Patoka

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

Junction City and Patoka 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 544 in Patoka). Patoka has the higher median household income ($62,344 vs $53,333 in Junction City). Patoka has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $71,300 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Patoka
Population	753	544
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$62,344
Median home value	$71,300	$77,500
Median gross rent	$959	$811
Housing units	258	246
Homeownership rate	72.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Patoka
Population	572 → 753 (+31.6%)	576 → 544 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,333 (+37.6%)	$52,596 → $62,344 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $71,300 (+39.8%)	$61,700 → $77,500 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $959 (+35.5%)	$625 → $811 (+29.8%)

Junction City

Population

572753

Median household income

$38,750$53,333

Median home value

$51,000$71,300

Median gross rent

$708$959

Patoka

Population

576544

Median household income

$52,596$62,344

Median home value

$61,700$77,500

Median gross rent

$625$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Patoka
Under 5	7.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	27.5%	25.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Patoka
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Patoka
No high school diploma	27.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Patoka
Drove alone	72.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	18.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Patoka
1-unit, detached	33.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	62.4%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Patoka
Poverty rate	30.4%	9.3%
Average household size	3.01	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1984	1971