Buck Creek vs Romney

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

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

Romney has the higher population (561 vs 75 in Buck Creek). Since 2019, Romney's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -53.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Creek	Romney
Population	75	561
Median age	61.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,133
Median home value	—	$155,300
Housing units	46	211
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Creek	Romney
Population	162 → 75 (-53.7%)	534 → 561 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$80,986 → $85,429 (+5.5%)	$50,089 → $61,133 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $109,600 (+26.4%)	$133,800 → $155,300 (+16.1%)

Buck Creek

Population

16275

Median household income

$80,986$85,429

Median home value

$86,700$109,600

Romney

Population

534561

Median household income

$50,089$61,133

Median home value

$133,800$155,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Creek	Romney
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	32.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	29.4%
55 to 64	70.7%	2.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	1.6%
75 and over	16.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Creek	Romney
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	91.4%
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%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Creek	Romney
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	100.0%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Creek	Romney
Drove alone	64.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	35.8%	0.0%
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	Romney
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	Romney
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.63	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	—	1953