Junction City vs Wamac

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

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

Wamac has the higher population (794 vs 753 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $40,000 in Wamac). Junction City has the higher median home value ($71,300 vs $21,900 in Wamac).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Wamac
Population	753	794
Median age	34.9 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$40,000
Median home value	$71,300	$21,900
Median gross rent	$959	$805
Housing units	258	395
Homeownership rate	72.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Wamac
Population	572 → 753 (+31.6%)	1,280 → 794 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,333 (+37.6%)	$31,667 → $40,000 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $71,300 (+39.8%)	$28,400 → $21,900 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $959 (+35.5%)	$671 → $805 (+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

Wamac

Population

1,280794

Median household income

$31,667$40,000

Median home value

$28,400$21,900

Median gross rent

$671$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Wamac
Under 5	7.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	27.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	23.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.8%
75 and over	6.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Wamac
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Wamac
No high school diploma	27.2%	17.8%
High school graduate	47.2%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Wamac
Drove alone	72.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	18.5%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.3%
Other means	4.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Wamac
1-unit, detached	33.3%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	62.4%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Wamac
Poverty rate	30.4%	29.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1964