Buckeye, IA

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

47.3

4.44% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

12%

40.6% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$44,167

23.2% 1-year decline

2023 Median Property Value

$51,000

Housing & Living

The median property value in Buckeye, IA was $51,000 in 2023, which is 0.153 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $45,000 to $51,000, a 13.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Buckeye, IA is 56.3%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Buckeye, IA have an average commute time of 19.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Buckeye, IA is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$51,000

Median Property Value 2023

±$45,542

$18

Median Property Taxes

±$24

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Buckeye, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Buckeye, IA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

56.3%

Homeownership

2024

74.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 56.3% of the housing units in Buckeye, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 60.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Buckeye, IA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$44,167

Median Household Income

± $22,330

Number of Households

± 26

In 2024, the median household income of the 32 households in Buckeye, IA declined from $44,167 from the previous year's value of $57,500.

The following chart displays the households in Buckeye, IA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $25k - $30k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Buckeye, IA is from Iowa.

0.435

2024 Wage GINI in Iowa

0.441

2023 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2024, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.435 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.29% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Iowa across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (94.3%)
Carpooled (5.71%)

In 2024, 94.3% of workers in Buckeye, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (5.71%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Buckeye, IA have a shorter commute time (19.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Buckeye, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Buckeye, IA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Buckeye, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Buckeye, IA have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Buckeye, IA (9 out of 75 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Buckeye, IA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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