Bucklin vs Dodge City

A side-by-side comparison of Bucklin and Dodge City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bucklin and Dodge City are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dodge City has the higher population (27,652 vs 627 in Bucklin). Dodge City has the higher median household income ($67,958 vs $58,699 in Bucklin). Dodge City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $88,600 in Bucklin).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Dodge City
Population	627	27,652
Median age	52.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,699	$67,958
Median home value	$88,600	$122,800
Median gross rent	$715	$982
Housing units	341	9,787
Homeownership rate	77.7%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Dodge City
Population	715 → 627 (-12.3%)	27,555 → 27,652 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $58,699 (-0.1%)	$50,338 → $67,958 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $88,600 (+4.7%)	$109,100 → $122,800 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $715 (+19.8%)	$785 → $982 (+25.1%)

Bucklin

Population

715627

Median household income

$58,750$58,699

Median home value

$84,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$597$715

Dodge City

Population

27,55527,652

Median household income

$50,338$67,958

Median home value

$109,100$122,800

Median gross rent

$785$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Dodge City
Under 5	1.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	14.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.0%	5.2%
75 and over	14.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Dodge City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	27.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	66.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Dodge City
No high school diploma	5.1%	25.0%
High school graduate	17.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Dodge City
Drove alone	88.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Dodge City
1-unit, detached	79.5%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Dodge City
Poverty rate	7.8%	15.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1952	1972