Cave Junction is a very small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 2,092 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cave Junction is the 145th largest community in Oregon.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cave Junction is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cave Junction is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cave Junction who work in sales jobs (21.03%), office and administrative support (19.49%), and maintenance occupations (8.03%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.22% 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. In Cave Junction, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Cave Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, the citizens of Cave Junction rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.17% of adults 25 and older in Cave Junction have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Cave Junction in 2022 was $26,302, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,208 for a family of four. However, Cave Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 13.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cave Junction include Irish, English, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Cave Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.
