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Junction City, AR

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Overview


Junction City is a tiny city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 486 people and just one neighborhood, Junction City is the 236th largest community in Arkansas.

Junction City real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Junction City house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, 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 city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Junction City who work in office and administrative support (25.10%), maintenance occupations (21.46%), and management occupations (11.74%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Junction City is worth considering.

As is often the case in a small city, Junction City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of Junction City are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.12% of adults in Junction City having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Junction City in 2022 was $20,617, which is lower middle income relative to Arkansas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,468 for a family of four. However, Junction City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Junction City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Junction City include English, Czechoslovakian, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Junction City is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 91.8% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 16 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 95.5% of America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Junction City is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in AR, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 85.1% of the neighborhoods in Arkansas. If you are considering retiring to Arkansas, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

The Neighbors

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 middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.6% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 46.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.7%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Junction City, AR, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (9.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (6.1%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (34.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (91.8%) 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 (5.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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