Danville vs Junction City

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

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

Danville has the higher population (17,235 vs 2,441 in Junction City). Danville has the higher median household income ($53,370 vs $40,917 in Junction City). Danville has the higher median home value ($202,200 vs $111,800 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	Junction City
Population	17,235	2,441
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,370	$40,917
Median home value	$202,200	$111,800
Median gross rent	$767	$871
Housing units	7,202	1,143
Homeownership rate	57.5%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	Junction City
Population	16,730 → 17,235 (+3.0%)	2,015 → 2,441 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$39,906 → $53,370 (+33.7%)	$36,708 → $40,917 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$148,700 → $202,200 (+36.0%)	$85,000 → $111,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $767 (+6.7%)	$735 → $871 (+18.5%)

Danville

Population

16,73017,235

Median household income

$39,906$53,370

Median home value

$148,700$202,200

Median gross rent

$719$767

Junction City

Population

2,0152,441

Median household income

$36,708$40,917

Median home value

$85,000$111,800

Median gross rent

$735$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	Junction City
Under 5	5.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	15.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.1%
75 and over	7.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	83.0%
Black or African American	10.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	Junction City
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	Junction City
Drove alone	74.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	Junction City
1-unit, detached	66.3%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Danville	Junction City
Poverty rate	15.1%	29.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1976	1974