Carl Junction vs Oronogo

A side-by-side comparison of Carl Junction and Oronogo: population, income, housing, and more.

Carl Junction and Oronogo are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carl Junction has the higher population (8,257 vs 2,685 in Oronogo). Oronogo has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $77,855 in Carl Junction). Carl Junction has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $186,300 in Oronogo).

Population, income & housing

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
Population	8,257	2,685
Median age	35.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,855	$81,111
Median home value	$206,400	$186,300
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,042
Housing units	3,069	1,013
Homeownership rate	76.4%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
Population	8,072 → 8,257 (+2.3%)	2,609 → 2,685 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$66,144 → $77,855 (+17.7%)	$75,085 → $81,111 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$144,700 → $206,400 (+42.6%)	$137,100 → $186,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,222 (+26.5%)	$873 → $1,042 (+19.4%)

Carl Junction

Population

8,0728,257

Median household income

$66,144$77,855

Median home value

$144,700$206,400

Median gross rent

$966$1,222

Oronogo

Population

2,6092,685

Median household income

$75,085$81,111

Median home value

$137,100$186,300

Median gross rent

$873$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
Under 5	6.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	25.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.9%
75 and over	6.2%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
No high school diploma	3.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	24.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
Drove alone	83.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	19.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
1-unit, detached	88.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Carl Junction	Oronogo
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1997	2004