Junction City vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (61,642 vs 6,926 in Junction City). Junction City has the higher median household income ($76,969 vs $67,211 in Springfield). Junction City has the higher median home value ($353,300 vs $323,800 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Springfield
Population	6,926	61,642
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,969	$67,211
Median home value	$353,300	$323,800
Median gross rent	$990	$1,201
Housing units	2,992	25,485
Homeownership rate	57.9%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Springfield
Population	6,053 → 6,926 (+14.4%)	62,077 → 61,642 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $76,969 (+39.9%)	$47,695 → $67,211 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $353,300 (+53.1%)	$204,700 → $323,800 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $990 (+28.7%)	$929 → $1,201 (+29.3%)

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

Springfield

Population

62,07761,642

Median household income

$47,695$67,211

Median home value

$204,700$323,800

Median gross rent

$929$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Springfield
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.2%
75 and over	6.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Springfield
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Springfield
Drove alone	76.5%	71.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.9%	2.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Springfield
1-unit, detached	66.0%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	13.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Springfield
Poverty rate	8.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1980	1976