Junction City vs Perryville

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (2,441 vs 813 in Perryville). Perryville has the higher median household income ($60,880 vs $40,917 in Junction City). Perryville has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $111,800 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Perryville
Population	2,441	813
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,917	$60,880
Median home value	$111,800	$128,700
Median gross rent	$871	$475
Housing units	1,143	457
Homeownership rate	73.0%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Perryville
Population	2,015 → 2,441 (+21.1%)	839 → 813 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$36,708 → $40,917 (+11.5%)	$50,179 → $60,880 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $111,800 (+31.5%)	$90,700 → $128,700 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $871 (+18.5%)	$800 → $475 (-40.6%)

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

Perryville

Population

839813

Median household income

$50,179$60,880

Median home value

$90,700$128,700

Median gross rent

$800$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Perryville
Under 5	7.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	7.9%
75 and over	10.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Perryville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Perryville
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Perryville
Drove alone	83.6%	92.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Perryville
1-unit, detached	86.3%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Perryville
Poverty rate	29.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1974	1938