Junction City vs New Straitsville

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (1,025 vs 682 in New Straitsville). New Straitsville has the higher median household income ($53,203 vs $51,087 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $61,000 in New Straitsville).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	New Straitsville
Population	1,025	682
Median age	29.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,087	$53,203
Median home value	$104,700	$61,000
Median gross rent	$696	$392
Housing units	439	319
Homeownership rate	59.5%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	New Straitsville
Population	929 → 1,025 (+10.3%)	632 → 682 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,087 (+51.1%)	$38,355 → $53,203 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $104,700 (+62.8%)	$66,800 → $61,000 (-8.7%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $696 (-2.8%)	$538 → $392 (-27.1%)

Junction City

Population

9291,025

Median household income

$33,800$51,087

Median home value

$64,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$716$696

New Straitsville

Population

632682

Median household income

$38,355$53,203

Median home value

$66,800$61,000

Median gross rent

$538$392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	New Straitsville
Under 5	7.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	27.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	6.6%	21.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.4%
75 and over	4.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	New Straitsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	New Straitsville
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	52.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	New Straitsville
Drove alone	95.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	New Straitsville
1-unit, detached	66.5%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	New Straitsville
Poverty rate	25.6%	18.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1942	1944