Oregon · Census place 4138000

Junction City, Oregon

Junction City is a city in Lane County, Oregon with an estimated 7,256 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 165 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,256
#67 of 165 in Oregon
Change since 2020
+8.0%
+535 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
2,192 / sq mi
State median 3,097
Orange pin: Junction City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salem.

Junction City population, 2020 to 2024

Junction City added 535 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.0%. In the latest year it moved by +263. Among 80 Oregon places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oregon has 14,915 people, so Junction City is 49% of it.

6,72120206,96620216,85120226,99320237,2562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,798. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Junction City covers 3.31 square miles of land, for 2,192 people per square mile of land. The median Oregon place of 5,000+ has 3,097, so Junction City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Junction City is in

All of Junction City's residents live in Lane County, which had 382,396 residents in 2024. Junction City holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Junction City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Junction City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 97448. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Junction City is

The Census internal point of Junction City is at 44.211900, -123.200200. Salem, the capital, is 50.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eugene, OR (178,786 people), 11.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.211900, -123.200200
DMS
44°12'42.84"N 123°12'0.72"W
UTM
10N 484006.4E 4895428.0N
Geohash
9rb7s882g
Plus code
84PR6Q6X+QW

Daylight in Junction City

At 44.21° N, Junction City gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Junction City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oregon, measured between internal points. The closest is Harrisburg, 4.4 miles away, with 3,717 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Junction City, OR?

7,256 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 535 (8.0%) from 6,721 in July 2020.

What county is Junction City in?

Lane County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Junction City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 97448.

How far is Junction City from Salem?

50.9 miles (82.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Junction City.

What is the nearest larger city to Junction City?

Eugene, OR, with 178,786 residents, 11.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.