Carl Junction is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 8,366 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carl Junction is the 101st largest community in Missouri.Carl Junction is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carl Junction is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carl Junction who work in management occupations (12.72%), sales jobs (11.36%), and office and administrative support (8.54%). Also of interest is that Carl Junction has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Carl Junction is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Carl Junction really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Carl Junction perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. As is often the case in a small city, Carl Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Carl Junction are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.70% of adults in Carl Junction have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Carl Junction in 2022 was $38,533, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,132 for a family of four. However, Carl Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Carl Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carl Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Carl Junction include German, English, Irish, French, and European. The most common language spoken in Carl Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
