Bernice vs Junction City

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

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

Bernice has the higher population (1,170 vs 441 in Junction City). Since 2019, Bernice's population has grown faster (-23.9% vs -35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bernice	Junction City
Population	1,170	441
Median age	45.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$24,278	—
Median home value	$90,300	—
Median gross rent	$680	$610
Housing units	647	273
Homeownership rate	66.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernice	Junction City
Population	1,538 → 1,170 (-23.9%)	686 → 441 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$22,219 → $24,278 (+9.3%)	$24,708 → $25,625 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $90,300 (+51.0%)	$65,000 → $38,100 (-41.4%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $680 (+44.4%)	$444 → $610 (+37.4%)

Bernice

Population

1,5381,170

Median household income

$22,219$24,278

Median home value

$59,800$90,300

Median gross rent

$471$680

Junction City

Population

686441

Median household income

$24,708$25,625

Median home value

$65,000$38,100

Median gross rent

$444$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernice	Junction City
Under 5	7.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	20.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	3.6%
55 to 64	20.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	21.5%
75 and over	5.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernice	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	28.8%
Black or African American	66.5%	59.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernice	Junction City
No high school diploma	16.0%	37.0%
High school graduate	51.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernice	Junction City
Drove alone	79.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernice	Junction City
1-unit, detached	72.6%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bernice	Junction City
Poverty rate	24.3%	59.9%
Average household size	2.15	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	61
Median year structure built	1976	1966