Lake Junaluska is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,219 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lake Junaluska is the 242nd largest community in North Carolina.

Lake Junaluska is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Lake Junaluska, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Lake Junaluska has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Lake Junaluska has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Lake Junaluska telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.43% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lake Junaluska spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.01 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Lake Junaluska does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Lake Junaluska, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Lake Junaluska is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.95% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Lake Junaluska in 2022 was $38,342, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,368 for a family of four. However, Lake Junaluska contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lake Junaluska home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Junaluska residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Junaluska include English, Scots-Irish, German, Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lake Junaluska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.