Junction City is a tiny village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 414 people and just one neighborhood, Junction City is the 466th largest community in Wisconsin.
Junction City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Junction City is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Junction City who work in office and administrative support (14.20%), management occupations (8.64%), and sales jobs (8.02%).
Also of interest is that Junction City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The overall crime rate in Junction City is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small village, Junction City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Junction City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Junction City, 21.40% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Junction City in 2022 was $32,126, which is lower middle income relative to Wisconsin, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,504 for a family of four. However, Junction City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Junction City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Junction City include German, Polish, Irish, Norwegian, and Lithuanian.
The most common language spoken in Junction City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 39.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 38.4% have German ancestry.
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 64.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.6% 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 56.9% 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, 39.2% 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 33.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.0%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households.
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, WI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (39.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (38.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.7%), along with some Norwegian ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 (51.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.7%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.