Cave Junction vs Williams

A side-by-side comparison of Cave Junction and Williams: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave Junction and Williams are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cave Junction has the higher population (1,701 vs 1,030 in Williams). Williams has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $35,927 in Cave Junction). Williams has the higher median home value ($541,400 vs $252,000 in Cave Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Cave Junction	Williams
Population	1,701	1,030
Median age	41.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,927	$76,875
Median home value	$252,000	$541,400
Median gross rent	$1,076	—
Housing units	977	485
Homeownership rate	69.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave Junction	Williams
Population	2,479 → 1,701 (-31.4%)	1,390 → 1,030 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $35,927 (+36.9%)	$66,563 → $76,875 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $252,000 (+50.5%)	$317,400 → $541,400 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,076 (+23.1%)	$1,359 → $1,548 (+13.9%)

Cave Junction

Population

2,4791,701

Median household income

$26,250$35,927

Median home value

$167,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$874$1,076

Williams

Population

1,3901,030

Median household income

$66,563$76,875

Median home value

$317,400$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,359$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave Junction	Williams
Under 5	7.2%	11.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.4%	5.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	20.5%	17.5%
75 and over	9.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave Junction	Williams
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave Junction	Williams
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.4%
High school graduate	35.6%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave Junction	Williams
Drove alone	58.6%	9.5%
Carpooled	17.2%	30.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	29.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	31.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave Junction	Williams
1-unit, detached	66.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cave Junction	Williams
Poverty rate	42.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	12
Median year structure built	1988	1990