Bussey vs Knoxville

A side-by-side comparison of Bussey and Knoxville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knoxville has the higher population (7,493 vs 453 in Bussey). Knoxville has the higher median household income ($70,136 vs $47,857 in Bussey). Knoxville has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $62,500 in Bussey).

Population, income & housing

	Bussey	Knoxville
Population	453	7,493
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,857	$70,136
Median home value	$62,500	$147,600
Median gross rent	$580	$810
Housing units	209	3,463
Homeownership rate	85.4%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bussey	Knoxville
Population	420 → 453 (+7.9%)	7,192 → 7,493 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $47,857 (+48.2%)	$47,844 → $70,136 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $62,500 (+28.9%)	$95,100 → $147,600 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $580 (+12.6%)	$672 → $810 (+20.5%)

Bussey

Population

420453

Median household income

$32,303$47,857

Median home value

$48,500$62,500

Median gross rent

$515$580

Knoxville

Population

7,1927,493

Median household income

$47,844$70,136

Median home value

$95,100$147,600

Median gross rent

$672$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bussey	Knoxville
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bussey	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bussey	Knoxville
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bussey	Knoxville
Drove alone	85.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bussey	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	92.3%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bussey	Knoxville
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1944	1965