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Junction City, KS

22,431 Population
11.5 square miles 1,942.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,221 ±$1,576 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $33,219 ±$938
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,317 ±$10,462 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $64,096 ±$3,394
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

17.9% ±3.8% (3,964  ±832) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18.1% 22,018 (±1.4% / ±1,656)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.7 minutes ±1.2 (211,365  ±16,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18 1,163,330 (±0.6 / ±46,645)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

9,240 ±351 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 50,008 ±841
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.1 (22,215  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 121,358 (±0 / ±292)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

8.5% ±2.9% (477  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 7% † 2,500 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

10,888 ±292 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,668 ±151
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$162,500 ±$12,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $212,600 ±$6,917
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

27% ±3.8% (5,967  ±,842.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 22.6% 29,689 (±1.6% / ±2,039.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.8% ±5.7% (11,835  ±,794.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.4% 68,901 (±2.5% / ±1,843.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
23.2% ±3.1% (2,994  ±,402.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 39% 28,135 (±1.5% / ±1,101.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

7.9% ±1.9% (1,765  ±430) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,115
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

20.5% ±2.8% (2,892  ±403) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 11.1% 10,104 (±0.8% / ±758)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
2,892 Total veterans ±403 2,364 Male ±361 528 Female ±144

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