Junction City vs Thornport

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

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

Thornport has the higher population (1,157 vs 1,025 in Junction City). Thornport has the higher median household income ($131,458 vs $51,087 in Junction City). Thornport has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $104,700 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Thornport
Population	1,025	1,157
Median age	29.8 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,087	$131,458
Median home value	$104,700	$484,100
Median gross rent	$696	—
Housing units	439	625
Homeownership rate	59.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Thornport
Population	929 → 1,025 (+10.3%)	997 → 1,157 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,087 (+51.1%)	$70,280 → $131,458 (+87.0%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $104,700 (+62.8%)	$316,500 → $484,100 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $696 (-2.8%)	—

Junction City

Population

9291,025

Median household income

$33,800$51,087

Median home value

$64,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$716$696

Thornport

Population

9971,157

Median household income

$70,280$131,458

Median home value

$316,500$484,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Thornport
Under 5	7.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	27.8%	8.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	5.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	24.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	22.2%
75 and over	4.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Thornport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Thornport
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Thornport
Drove alone	95.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Thornport
1-unit, detached	66.5%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Thornport
Poverty rate	25.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1942	2001