Buckeye vs Whitten

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

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

Whitten has the higher population (125 vs 82 in Buckeye). Whitten has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $57,500 in Buckeye). Buckeye has the higher median home value ($51,000 vs $49,000 in Whitten).

Population, income & housing

	Buckeye	Whitten
Population	82	125
Median age	49.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$68,750
Median home value	$51,000	$49,000
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	45	101
Homeownership rate	60.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckeye	Whitten
Population	108 → 82 (-24.1%)	190 → 125 (-34.2%)
Median household income	$48,594 → $57,500 (+18.3%)	$40,250 → $68,750 (+70.8%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $51,000 (+73.5%)	$44,100 → $49,000 (+11.1%)
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

Whitten

Population

190125

Median household income

$40,250$68,750

Median home value

$44,100$49,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckeye	Whitten
Under 5	11.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.8%
25 to 34	2.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	30.5%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.2%
75 and over	4.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckeye	Whitten
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckeye	Whitten
No high school diploma	6.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckeye	Whitten
Drove alone	90.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.8%
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	Whitten
1-unit, detached	84.4%	98.0%
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%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckeye	Whitten
Poverty rate	8.5%	4.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938