Junction City vs Thornville

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

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

Thornville has the higher population (1,608 vs 1,025 in Junction City). Thornville has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $51,087 in Junction City). Thornville has the higher median home value ($249,300 vs $104,700 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Thornville
Population	1,025	1,608
Median age	29.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,087	$100,000
Median home value	$104,700	$249,300
Median gross rent	$696	$933
Housing units	439	651
Homeownership rate	59.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Thornville
Population	929 → 1,025 (+10.3%)	1,042 → 1,608 (+54.3%)
Median household income	$33,800 → $51,087 (+51.1%)	$53,452 → $100,000 (+87.1%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $104,700 (+62.8%)	$164,500 → $249,300 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $696 (-2.8%)	$749 → $933 (+24.6%)

Junction City

Population

9291,025

Median household income

$33,800$51,087

Median home value

$64,300$104,700

Median gross rent

$716$696

Thornville

Population

1,0421,608

Median household income

$53,452$100,000

Median home value

$164,500$249,300

Median gross rent

$749$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Thornville
Under 5	7.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	27.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.3%
75 and over	4.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Thornville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Thornville
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	52.2%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Thornville
Drove alone	95.2%	89.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Thornville
1-unit, detached	66.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Thornville
Poverty rate	25.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1942	1976