Buckner vs Mulkeytown

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

Buckner and Mulkeytown 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 84 in Mulkeytown). Since 2019, Buckner's population has grown faster (-22.0% vs -53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
Population	305	84
Median age	41.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	—
Median home value	$53,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	146	76
Homeownership rate	81.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
Population	391 → 305 (-22.0%)	181 → 84 (-53.6%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $47,222 (+30.7%)	—
Median home value	$51,200 → $53,600 (+4.7%)	$84,300 → $99,500 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,025 (+39.8%)	—

Buckner

Population

391305

Median household income

$36,136$47,222

Median home value

$51,200$53,600

Median gross rent

$733$1,025

Mulkeytown

Population

18184

Median home value

$84,300$99,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	34.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	35.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	20.2%
75 and over	8.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
No high school diploma	9.5%	46.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
Drove alone	83.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	29.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
1-unit, detached	72.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
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%	48.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Mulkeytown
Poverty rate	19.7%	21.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1951	1938