Florence vs Junction City

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

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

Florence has the higher population (9,483 vs 6,926 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($76,969 vs $52,049 in Florence). Junction City has the higher median home value ($353,300 vs $331,100 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Junction City
Population	9,483	6,926
Median age	59.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,049	$76,969
Median home value	$331,100	$353,300
Median gross rent	$1,172	$990
Housing units	5,315	2,992
Homeownership rate	63.3%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Junction City
Population	8,921 → 9,483 (+6.3%)	6,053 → 6,926 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$42,356 → $52,049 (+22.9%)	$55,000 → $76,969 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$224,300 → $331,100 (+47.6%)	$230,700 → $353,300 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,172 (+32.4%)	$769 → $990 (+28.7%)

Florence

Population

8,9219,483

Median household income

$42,356$52,049

Median home value

$224,300$331,100

Median gross rent

$885$1,172

Junction City

Population

6,0536,926

Median household income

$55,000$76,969

Median home value

$230,700$353,300

Median gross rent

$769$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florence	Junction City
Under 5	2.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	22.5%	12.7%
75 and over	20.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Junction City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	83.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Junction City
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Junction City
Drove alone	73.7%	76.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	6.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Junction City
1-unit, detached	60.9%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Junction City
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	13	23
Median year structure built	1991	1980