Buckeye vs Owasa

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

Buckeye and Owasa 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 17 in Owasa). Buckeye has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $40,625 in Owasa). Since 2019, Owasa's population has grown faster (-22.7% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Owasa
Population	82	17
Median age	49.5 yrs	68.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$40,625
Median home value	$51,000	—
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	45	13
Homeownership rate	60.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Owasa
Population	108 → 82 (-24.1%)	22 → 17 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $57,500 (+18.3%)	$41,250 → $40,625 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $51,000 (+73.5%)	$85,000 → $65,000 (-23.5%)
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

Owasa

Population

2217

Median household income

$41,250$40,625

Median home value

$85,000$65,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye	Owasa
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%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	30.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	17.6%
75 and over	4.9%	35.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Owasa
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Owasa
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Owasa
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	Owasa
1-unit, detached	84.4%	92.3%
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%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Owasa
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.16	1.31
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1938	1938