Buckhorn vs Ione

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhorn and Ione: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckhorn and Ione are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ione has the higher population (5,306 vs 3,506 in Buckhorn). Ione has the higher median household income ($78,661 vs $78,510 in Buckhorn). Ione has the higher median home value ($448,300 vs $333,200 in Buckhorn).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhorn	Ione
Population	3,506	5,306
Median age	50.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,510	$78,661
Median home value	$333,200	$448,300
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,477
Housing units	1,962	2,268
Homeownership rate	95.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhorn	Ione
Population	2,387 → 3,506 (+46.9%)	7,753 → 5,306 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$47,150 → $78,510 (+66.5%)	$73,036 → $78,661 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $333,200 (+31.5%)	$314,800 → $448,300 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,207 → $1,875 (+55.3%)	$1,051 → $1,477 (+40.5%)

Buckhorn

Population

2,3873,506

Median household income

$47,150$78,510

Median home value

$253,400$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,875

Ione

Population

7,7535,306

Median household income

$73,036$78,661

Median home value

$314,800$448,300

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhorn	Ione
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	14.5%
75 and over	8.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhorn	Ione
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	71.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	2.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhorn	Ione
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhorn	Ione
Drove alone	63.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	19.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhorn	Ione
1-unit, detached	93.5%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckhorn	Ione
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	54	27
Median year structure built	1981	2000