Fredericktown vs Junction City

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

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

Fredericktown has the higher population (4,464 vs 254 in Junction City). Fredericktown has the higher median household income ($53,681 vs $25,833 in Junction City). Fredericktown has the higher median home value ($120,200 vs $95,000 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericktown	Junction City
Population	4,464	254
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,681	$25,833
Median home value	$120,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	$845	$507
Housing units	1,916	178
Homeownership rate	57.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericktown	Junction City
Population	3,999 → 4,464 (+11.6%)	268 → 254 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$35,962 → $53,681 (+49.3%)	$24,583 → $25,833 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $120,200 (+39.9%)	$82,900 → $95,000 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $845 (+17.2%)	$573 → $507 (-11.5%)

Fredericktown

Population

3,9994,464

Median household income

$35,962$53,681

Median home value

$85,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$721$845

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)

	Fredericktown	Junction City
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	5.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.0%
75 and over	8.8%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericktown	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericktown	Junction City
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericktown	Junction City
Drove alone	72.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	16.3%	5.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericktown	Junction City
1-unit, detached	75.7%	32.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	24.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Fredericktown	Junction City
Poverty rate	18.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.68	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1968	1992