Cave Junction is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,055 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cave Junction is the 145th largest community in Oregon. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Cave Junction, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Cave Junction, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Cave Junction’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Cave Junction does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $34,594.00.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cave Junction has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cave Junction has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cave Junction than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cave Junction may be for you.
Cave Junction is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Cave Junction with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.14% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cave Junction in 2022 was $21,408, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,632 for a family of four. Cave Junction also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.54% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cave Junction is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cave Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cave Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cave Junction also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cave Junction include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cave Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.