Buckeye vs Garden City

A side-by-side comparison of Buckeye and Garden City: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckeye and Garden City are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckeye has the higher population (82 vs 67 in Garden City). Buckeye has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $36,667 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median home value ($61,100 vs $51,000 in Buckeye).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Garden City
Population	82	67
Median age	49.5 yrs	72.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$36,667
Median home value	$51,000	$61,100
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	45	46
Homeownership rate	60.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	34.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Garden City
Population	108 → 82 (-24.1%)	183 → 67 (-63.4%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $57,500 (+18.3%)	$67,625 → $36,667 (-45.8%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $51,000 (+73.5%)	$54,600 → $61,100 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)	—

Buckeye

Population

10882

Median household income

$48,594$57,500

Median home value

$29,400$51,000

Median gross rent

$625$688

Garden City

Population

18367

Median household income

$67,625$36,667

Median home value

$54,600$61,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye	Garden City
Under 5	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	30.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	82.1%
75 and over	4.9%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.6%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Garden City
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	61.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Garden City
Drove alone	90.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	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)

	Buckeye	Garden City
1-unit, detached	84.4%	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	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Garden City
Poverty rate	8.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	14	9
Median year structure built	1938	1938