The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Junction has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Junction a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Junction spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.97 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Junction does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Junction is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.66% of adults 25 and older in Junction have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Junction in 2022 was $28,745, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,980 for a family of four. However, Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Junction is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Junction also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Junction include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
