Junction City vs Sandoval

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

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

Sandoval has the higher population (883 vs 753 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $51,827 in Sandoval). Junction City has the higher median home value ($71,300 vs $60,300 in Sandoval).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Sandoval
Population	753	883
Median age	34.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$51,827
Median home value	$71,300	$60,300
Median gross rent	$959	$439
Housing units	258	514
Homeownership rate	72.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Sandoval
Population	572 → 753 (+31.6%)	1,207 → 883 (-26.8%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,333 (+37.6%)	$38,571 → $51,827 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $71,300 (+39.8%)	$48,400 → $60,300 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $959 (+35.5%)	$549 → $439 (-20.0%)

Junction City

Population

572753

Median household income

$38,750$53,333

Median home value

$51,000$71,300

Median gross rent

$708$959

Sandoval

Population

1,207883

Median household income

$38,571$51,827

Median home value

$48,400$60,300

Median gross rent

$549$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Sandoval
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	27.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	19.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.3%
75 and over	6.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Sandoval
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Sandoval
No high school diploma	27.2%	26.2%
High school graduate	47.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Sandoval
Drove alone	72.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	18.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	11.5%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Sandoval
1-unit, detached	33.3%	43.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	62.4%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Sandoval
Poverty rate	30.4%	23.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1984	1978