Buckingham vs Florida Gulf Coast University

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham and Florida Gulf Coast University: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckingham and Florida Gulf Coast University are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckingham has the higher population (4,637 vs 4,416 in Florida Gulf Coast University). Buckingham has the higher median household income ($103,438 vs $25,395 in Florida Gulf Coast University). Since 2019, Florida Gulf Coast University's population has grown faster (+76.1% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
Population	4,637	4,416
Median age	50.0 yrs	19.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,438	$25,395
Median home value	$411,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,799	$1,350
Housing units	2,051	78
Homeownership rate	92.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
Population	3,958 → 4,637 (+17.2%)	2,507 → 4,416 (+76.1%)
Median household income	$87,540 → $103,438 (+18.2%)	$25,179 → $25,395 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$294,600 → $411,000 (+39.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,799 (+62.2%)	$1,365 → $1,350 (-1.1%)

Buckingham

Population

3,9584,637

Median household income

$87,540$103,438

Median home value

$294,600$411,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,799

Florida Gulf Coast University

Population

2,5074,416

Median household income

$25,179$25,395

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	0.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	97.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	0.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	0.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	0.0%
75 and over	14.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	72.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
Drove alone	81.8%	63.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	6.8%
Walked	0.9%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
1-unit, detached	92.2%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	44.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham	Florida Gulf Coast University
Poverty rate	8.6%	79.8%
Average household size	2.44	4.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	1994	2013