Buck Grove vs Westside

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

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

Westside has the higher population (307 vs 23 in Buck Grove). Westside has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $47,083 in Buck Grove). Since 2019, Westside's population has grown faster (+14.1% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Buck Grove	Westside
Population	23	307
Median age	45.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,083	$65,000
Median home value	—	$133,800
Median gross rent	—	$700
Housing units	13	163
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buck Grove	Westside
Population	45 → 23 (-48.9%)	269 → 307 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $47,083 (-40.2%)	$50,938 → $65,000 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $45,000 (+0.0%)	$89,300 → $133,800 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$563 → $700 (+24.3%)

Buck Grove

Population

4523

Median household income

$78,750$47,083

Median home value

$45,000$45,000

Westside

Population

269307

Median household income

$50,938$65,000

Median home value

$89,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$563$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buck Grove	Westside
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	30.4%	9.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	34.8%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	19.9%
75 and over	0.0%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buck Grove	Westside
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.6%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buck Grove	Westside
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	56.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buck Grove	Westside
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buck Grove	Westside
1-unit, detached	92.3%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Buck Grove	Westside
Poverty rate	15.0%	2.6%
Average household size	1.77	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1942