Junction City is a tiny village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 720 people and just one neighborhood, Junction City is the 621st largest community in Ohio. Much of the housing stock in Junction City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, Junction City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Junction City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Junction City is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Junction City who work in food service (11.39%), sales jobs (11.11%), and office and administrative support (10.83%).
In Junction City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small village, Junction City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Junction City, just 11.36% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Junction City in 2022 was $21,941, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,764 for a family of four. However, Junction City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Junction City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Junction City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Junction City include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Junction City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Junction City are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 32.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.6%), and 16.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (11.9%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Junction City, OH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report English roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.5%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.