Carl Junction is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 8,379 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carl Junction is the 101st largest community in Missouri.Carl Junction is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carl Junction is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carl Junction who work in management occupations (15.08%), office and administrative support (9.84%), and sales jobs (8.57%). Also of interest is that Carl Junction has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Carl Junction is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Carl Junction a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Carl Junction has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Carl Junction’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. Being a small city, Carl Junction does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Carl Junction ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Carl Junction, 40.48% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Carl Junction in 2022 was $42,923, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,692 for a family of four. However, Carl Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Carl Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carl Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Carl Junction include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Carl Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
