Buck Grove vs Kiron

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

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

Kiron has the higher population (247 vs 23 in Buck Grove). Kiron has the higher median household income ($50,781 vs $47,083 in Buck Grove). Since 2019, Kiron's population has grown faster (-16.3% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Grove	Kiron
Population	23	247
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$50,781
Median home value	—	$78,100
Median gross rent	—	$720
Housing units	13	115
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Grove	Kiron
Population	45 → 23 (-48.9%)	295 → 247 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $47,083 (-40.2%)	$40,500 → $50,781 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $45,000 (+0.0%)	$60,000 → $78,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$536 → $720 (+34.3%)

Buck Grove

Population

4523

Median household income

$78,750$47,083

Median home value

$45,000$45,000

Kiron

Population

295247

Median household income

$40,500$50,781

Median home value

$60,000$78,100

Median gross rent

$536$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Grove	Kiron
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	30.4%	38.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	2.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	34.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.1%
75 and over	0.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Grove	Kiron
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Grove	Kiron
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	56.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Grove	Kiron
Drove alone	100.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buck Grove	Kiron
1-unit, detached	92.3%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buck Grove	Kiron
Poverty rate	15.0%	42.5%
Average household size	1.77	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1938	1958