Buck Creek vs Colburn

A side-by-side comparison of Buck Creek and Colburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Buck Creek and Colburn are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colburn has the higher population (144 vs 75 in Buck Creek). Since 2019, Colburn's population has grown faster (-49.8% vs -53.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Creek	Colburn
Population	75	144
Median age	61.2 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median home value	—	$126,300
Housing units	46	112
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Creek	Colburn
Population	162 → 75 (-53.7%)	287 → 144 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$80,986 → $85,429 (+5.5%)	$40,357 → $30,495 (-24.4%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $109,600 (+26.4%)	$125,400 → $126,300 (+0.7%)

Buck Creek

Population

16275

Median household income

$80,986$85,429

Median home value

$86,700$109,600

Colburn

Population

287144

Median household income

$40,357$30,495

Median home value

$125,400$126,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Creek	Colburn
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	22.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	70.7%	27.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.2%
75 and over	16.0%	37.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Creek	Colburn
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	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	25.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Creek	Colburn
No high school diploma	0.0%	59.7%
High school graduate	100.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Creek	Colburn
Drove alone	64.2%	62.7%
Carpooled	35.8%	37.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buck Creek	Colburn
1-unit, detached	26.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	73.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buck Creek	Colburn
Poverty rate	0.0%	37.5%
Average household size	1.63	1.29
Median year structure built	—	1938