Buck Grove vs Ricketts

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

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

Ricketts has the higher population (58 vs 23 in Buck Grove). Since 2019, Buck Grove's population has grown faster (-48.9% vs -50.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
Population	23	58
Median age	45.5 yrs	63.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	—
Median home value	—	$52,000
Median gross rent	—	$706
Housing units	13	57
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
Population	45 → 23 (-48.9%)	118 → 58 (-50.8%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $47,083 (-40.2%)	$39,375 → $31,250 (-20.6%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $45,000 (+0.0%)	$32,900 → $52,000 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $706 (+0.9%)

Buck Grove

Population

4523

Median household income

$78,750$47,083

Median home value

$45,000$45,000

Ricketts

Population

11858

Median household income

$39,375$31,250

Median home value

$32,900$52,000

Median gross rent

$700$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	24.1%
25 to 34	4.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	34.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	24.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	17.2%
75 and over	0.0%	29.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	93.1%
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	8.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	56.3%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	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 Grove	Ricketts
1-unit, detached	92.3%	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	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buck Grove	Ricketts
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.8%
Average household size	1.77	1.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938