Junction City vs River Road

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

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

River Road has the higher population (8,462 vs 6,926 in Junction City). River Road has the higher median household income ($78,479 vs $76,969 in Junction City). River Road has the higher median home value ($360,400 vs $353,300 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	River Road
Population	6,926	8,462
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,969	$78,479
Median home value	$353,300	$360,400
Median gross rent	$990	$1,398
Housing units	2,992	3,341
Homeownership rate	57.9%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	River Road
Population	6,053 → 6,926 (+14.4%)	10,352 → 8,462 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $76,969 (+39.9%)	$61,703 → $78,479 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $353,300 (+53.1%)	$247,300 → $360,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $990 (+28.7%)	$1,284 → $1,398 (+8.9%)

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

River Road

Population

10,3528,462

Median household income

$61,703$78,479

Median home value

$247,300$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,284$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	River Road
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.8%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	River Road
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	River Road
Drove alone	76.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.9%	1.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	River Road
1-unit, detached	66.0%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	River Road
Poverty rate	8.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1980	1961