Buckeye vs Steamboat Rock

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

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

Steamboat Rock has the higher population (235 vs 82 in Buckeye). Buckeye has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $44,583 in Steamboat Rock). Steamboat Rock has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $51,000 in Buckeye).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
Population	82	235
Median age	49.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$44,583
Median home value	$51,000	$78,300
Median gross rent	$688	$755
Housing units	45	152
Homeownership rate	60.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
Population	108 → 82 (-24.1%)	283 → 235 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $57,500 (+18.3%)	$43,333 → $44,583 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $51,000 (+73.5%)	$66,500 → $78,300 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)	$584 → $755 (+29.3%)

Buckeye

Population

10882

Median household income

$48,594$57,500

Median home value

$29,400$51,000

Median gross rent

$625$688

Steamboat Rock

Population

283235

Median household income

$43,333$44,583

Median home value

$66,500$78,300

Median gross rent

$584$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
Under 5	11.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	8.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	2.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.9%	6.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	30.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.2%
75 and over	4.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.1%
High school graduate	48.3%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
Drove alone	90.7%	60.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	14.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
1-unit, detached	84.4%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Steamboat Rock
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.16	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938