Junction City vs Spearsville

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

Junction City and Spearsville 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 165 in Spearsville). Since 2019, Spearsville's population has grown faster (+0.6% vs -35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Spearsville
Population	441	165
Median age	39.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,938
Median home value	—	$85,000
Median gross rent	$610	—
Housing units	273	98
Homeownership rate	51.9%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Spearsville
Population	686 → 441 (-35.7%)	164 → 165 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$24,708 → $25,625 (+3.7%)	$42,656 → $50,938 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $38,100 (-41.4%)	$58,600 → $85,000 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $610 (+37.4%)	—

Junction City

Population

686441

Median household income

$24,708$25,625

Median home value

$65,000$38,100

Median gross rent

$444$610

Spearsville

Population

164165

Median household income

$42,656$50,938

Median home value

$58,600$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Spearsville
Under 5	1.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	5.7%	23.0%
35 to 44	20.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	3.6%	16.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	13.3%
75 and over	7.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Spearsville
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	80.0%
Black or African American	59.0%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Spearsville
No high school diploma	37.0%	0.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Spearsville
Drove alone	91.5%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	7.0%	12.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Spearsville
1-unit, detached	82.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Spearsville
Poverty rate	59.9%	23.0%
Average household size	1.91	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	61	49
Median year structure built	1966	1972