Junction City vs Milford

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (22,431 vs 307 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $60,317 in Junction City). Milford has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $162,500 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Milford
Population	22,431	307
Median age	28.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,317	$73,750
Median home value	$162,500	$181,300
Median gross rent	$1,019	$797
Housing units	10,888	192
Homeownership rate	49.0%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Milford
Population	23,104 → 22,431 (-2.9%)	283 → 307 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$53,932 → $60,317 (+11.8%)	$65,000 → $73,750 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $162,500 (+13.6%)	$162,500 → $181,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,019 (+7.3%)	$875 → $797 (-8.9%)

Junction City

Population

23,10422,431

Median household income

$53,932$60,317

Median home value

$143,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,019

Milford

Population

283307

Median household income

$65,000$73,750

Median home value

$162,500$181,300

Median gross rent

$875$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Milford
Under 5	8.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	6.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	16.6%
75 and over	4.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	50.4%	87.0%
Black or African American	20.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Milford
No high school diploma	8.2%	15.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Milford
Drove alone	78.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	14.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Milford
1-unit, detached	56.5%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Milford
Poverty rate	17.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1983	1976