Buckeye vs New Providence

A side-by-side comparison of Buckeye and New Providence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Providence has the higher population (196 vs 82 in Buckeye). New Providence has the higher median household income ($83,250 vs $57,500 in Buckeye). New Providence has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $51,000 in Buckeye).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	New Providence
Population	82	196
Median age	49.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$83,250
Median home value	$51,000	$80,000
Median gross rent	$688	$589
Housing units	45	79
Homeownership rate	60.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	New Providence
Population	108 → 82 (-24.1%)	267 → 196 (-26.6%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $57,500 (+18.3%)	$64,167 → $83,250 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $51,000 (+73.5%)	$49,100 → $80,000 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)	$555 → $589 (+6.1%)

Buckeye

Population

10882

Median household income

$48,594$57,500

Median home value

$29,400$51,000

Median gross rent

$625$688

New Providence

Population

267196

Median household income

$64,167$83,250

Median home value

$49,100$80,000

Median gross rent

$555$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye	New Providence
Under 5	11.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	8.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.4%	26.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	30.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.2%
75 and over	4.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	New Providence
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	New Providence
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	New Providence
Drove alone	90.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye	New Providence
1-unit, detached	84.4%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	New Providence
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938