Cobalt vs Junction City

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

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

Cobalt has the higher population (318 vs 254 in Junction City). Cobalt has the higher median household income ($28,542 vs $25,833 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $76,700 in Cobalt).

Population, income & housing

	Cobalt	Junction City
Population	318	254
Median age	37.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$25,833
Median home value	$76,700	$95,000
Median gross rent	$816	$507
Housing units	133	178
Homeownership rate	57.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cobalt	Junction City
Population	256 → 318 (+24.2%)	268 → 254 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$30,227 → $28,542 (-5.6%)	$24,583 → $25,833 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$28,400 → $76,700 (+170.1%)	$82,900 → $95,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $816 (+45.5%)	$573 → $507 (-11.5%)

Cobalt

Population

256318

Median household income

$30,227$28,542

Median home value

$28,400$76,700

Median gross rent

$561$816

Junction City

Population

268254

Median household income

$24,583$25,833

Median home value

$82,900$95,000

Median gross rent

$573$507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cobalt	Junction City
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	23.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	19.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	5.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.0%
75 and over	7.5%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cobalt	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cobalt	Junction City
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cobalt	Junction City
Drove alone	72.0%	84.8%
Carpooled	25.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cobalt	Junction City
1-unit, detached	72.2%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	24.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Cobalt	Junction City
Poverty rate	33.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.61	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1960	1992