Buckner vs Ewing

A side-by-side comparison of Buckner and Ewing: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckner and Ewing are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckner has the higher population (305 vs 301 in Ewing). Ewing has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $47,222 in Buckner). Ewing has the higher median home value ($72,800 vs $53,600 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Ewing
Population	305	301
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$70,455
Median home value	$53,600	$72,800
Median gross rent	$1,025	$760
Housing units	146	136
Homeownership rate	81.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Ewing
Population	391 → 305 (-22.0%)	279 → 301 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $47,222 (+30.7%)	$55,417 → $70,455 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $53,600 (+4.7%)	$66,500 → $72,800 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,025 (+39.8%)	$700 → $760 (+8.6%)

Buckner

Population

391305

Median household income

$36,136$47,222

Median home value

$51,200$53,600

Median gross rent

$733$1,025

Ewing

Population

279301

Median household income

$55,417$70,455

Median home value

$66,500$72,800

Median gross rent

$700$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Ewing
Under 5	5.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	19.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.6%
75 and over	8.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Ewing
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Ewing
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Ewing
Drove alone	83.1%	96.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Ewing
1-unit, detached	72.6%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Ewing
Poverty rate	19.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1951	1970