Downsville vs Junction City

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (441 vs 136 in Downsville). Since 2019, Downsville's population has grown faster (+24.8% vs -35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Downsville	Junction City
Population	136	441
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,071	—
Median home value	$280,000	—
Median gross rent	$875	$610
Housing units	46	273
Homeownership rate	72.7%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downsville	Junction City
Population	109 → 136 (+24.8%)	686 → 441 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$116,250 → $111,071 (-4.5%)	$24,708 → $25,625 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $280,000 (+32.3%)	$65,000 → $38,100 (-41.4%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $875 (+51.1%)	$444 → $610 (+37.4%)

Downsville

Population

109136

Median household income

$116,250$111,071

Median home value

$211,700$280,000

Median gross rent

$579$875

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)

	Downsville	Junction City
Under 5	19.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	5.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	20.9%
45 to 54	25.0%	3.6%
55 to 64	1.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	21.5%
75 and over	5.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downsville	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	28.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	59.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downsville	Junction City
No high school diploma	8.6%	37.0%
High school graduate	18.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downsville	Junction City
Drove alone	68.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downsville	Junction City
1-unit, detached	91.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Downsville	Junction City
Poverty rate	26.5%	59.9%
Average household size	3.09	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	61
Median year structure built	1960	1966