Junction City vs Santa Clara

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

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

Santa Clara has the higher population (10,623 vs 6,926 in Junction City). Santa Clara has the higher median household income ($82,530 vs $76,969 in Junction City). Santa Clara has the higher median home value ($381,700 vs $353,300 in Junction City).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Santa Clara
Population	6,926	10,623
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,969	$82,530
Median home value	$353,300	$381,700
Median gross rent	$990	$1,571
Housing units	2,992	4,625
Homeownership rate	57.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Santa Clara
Population	6,053 → 6,926 (+14.4%)	11,020 → 10,623 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $76,969 (+39.9%)	$70,048 → $82,530 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $353,300 (+53.1%)	$263,000 → $381,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $990 (+28.7%)	$1,317 → $1,571 (+19.3%)

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

Santa Clara

Population

11,02010,623

Median household income

$70,048$82,530

Median home value

$263,000$381,700

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Santa Clara
Under 5	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.8%
75 and over	6.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Santa Clara
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Santa Clara
No high school diploma	7.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Santa Clara
Drove alone	76.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	16.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Santa Clara
1-unit, detached	66.0%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Santa Clara
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1980	1969