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Junction City, KS

22,331 Population
11.5 square miles 1,934.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.3 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,389 ±$1,860 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $34,818 ±$926
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$61,181 ±$7,323 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $65,469 ±$2,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

17.5% ±2.8% (3,849  ±623) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 16.6% 20,220 (±1% / ±1,259)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

19 minutes ±1.2 (191,270  ±15,481) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.8 1,151,120 (±1 / ±67,080)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

9,526 ±332 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 51,234 ±686
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.1 (22,113  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 122,014 (±0 / ±174)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

9.2% ±2.8% (513  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,417 (±1.1% / ±389)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

10,846 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,908 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$171,500 ±$13,307 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $223,700 ±$7,411
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

24.4% ±3.5% (5,369  ±771) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 21.7% 28,654 (±1.4% / ±1,844.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

91.5% ±5.7% (11,944  ±803.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.8% 70,269 (±2.7% / ±1,955.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
25.6% ±3.2% (3,344  ±422.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 40.4% 29,612 (±1.7% / ±1,242.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.2% ±1.8% (1,837  ±400) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,165
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

20.5% ±2.3% (2,858  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 10.9% 9,972 (±0.8% / ±711)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
2,858 Total veterans ±326 2,293 Male ±320 565 Female ±134

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