Junction City vs Somerset

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

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

Somerset has the higher population (1,417 vs 1,025 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($51,087 vs $49,145 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $104,700 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Somerset
Population	1,025	1,417
Median age	29.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,087	$49,145
Median home value	$104,700	$190,200
Median gross rent	$696	$774
Housing units	439	711
Homeownership rate	59.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Somerset
Population	929 → 1,025 (+10.3%)	1,728 → 1,417 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,087 (+51.1%)	$49,516 → $49,145 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $104,700 (+62.8%)	$121,400 → $190,200 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $696 (-2.8%)	$600 → $774 (+29.0%)

Junction City

Population

9291,025

Median household income

$33,800$51,087

Median home value

$64,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$716$696

Somerset

Population

1,7281,417

Median household income

$49,516$49,145

Median home value

$121,400$190,200

Median gross rent

$600$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Somerset
Under 5	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	27.8%	25.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	20.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.6%	3.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	4.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Somerset
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	52.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Somerset
Drove alone	95.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Somerset
1-unit, detached	66.5%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Somerset
Poverty rate	25.6%	19.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1942	1956