Arion vs Buck Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Arion and Buck Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Arion and Buck Grove are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arion has the higher population (99 vs 23 in Buck Grove). Buck Grove has the higher median household income ($47,083 vs $39,583 in Arion). Since 2019, Arion's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Arion	Buck Grove
Population	99	23
Median age	15.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,583	$47,083
Housing units	31	13
Homeownership rate	83.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arion	Buck Grove
Population	105 → 99 (-5.7%)	45 → 23 (-48.9%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $39,583 (-20.8%)	$78,750 → $47,083 (-40.2%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $53,800 (+55.5%)	$45,000 → $45,000 (+0.0%)

Arion

Population

10599

Median household income

$50,000$39,583

Median home value

$34,600$53,800

Buck Grove

Population

4523

Median household income

$78,750$47,083

Median home value

$45,000$45,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arion	Buck Grove
Under 5	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	30.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	34.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	2.0%	13.0%
75 and over	5.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arion	Buck Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.3%
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%	8.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arion	Buck Grove
No high school diploma	21.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.2%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arion	Buck Grove
Drove alone	68.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	27.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arion	Buck Grove
1-unit, detached	83.9%	92.3%
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	16.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Arion	Buck Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.0%
Average household size	3.19	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938