Junction City vs Veneta

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

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

Junction City has the higher population (6,926 vs 5,191 in Veneta). Junction City has the higher median household income ($76,969 vs $61,949 in Veneta). Junction City has the higher median home value ($353,300 vs $318,800 in Veneta).

Population, income & housing

	Junction City	Veneta
Population	6,926	5,191
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,969	$61,949
Median home value	$353,300	$318,800
Median gross rent	$990	$1,624
Housing units	2,992	2,375
Homeownership rate	57.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junction City	Veneta
Population	6,053 → 6,926 (+14.4%)	4,953 → 5,191 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $76,969 (+39.9%)	$49,728 → $61,949 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$230,700 → $353,300 (+53.1%)	$215,400 → $318,800 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $990 (+28.7%)	$869 → $1,624 (+86.9%)

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

Veneta

Population

4,9535,191

Median household income

$49,728$61,949

Median home value

$215,400$318,800

Median gross rent

$869$1,624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Junction City	Veneta
Under 5	4.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	15.5%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junction City	Veneta
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junction City	Veneta
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junction City	Veneta
Drove alone	76.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junction City	Veneta
1-unit, detached	66.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Junction City	Veneta
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1980	1996