Bucklin vs Fort Dodge

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

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

Bucklin has the higher population (627 vs 145 in Fort Dodge). Bucklin has the higher median household income ($58,699 vs $31,667 in Fort Dodge). Since 2019, Bucklin's population has grown faster (-12.3% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
Population	627	145
Median age	52.9 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,699	$31,667
Median home value	$88,600	—
Median gross rent	$715	$859
Housing units	341	84
Homeownership rate	77.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
Population	715 → 627 (-12.3%)	168 → 145 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $58,699 (-0.1%)	$22,250 → $31,667 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $88,600 (+4.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$597 → $715 (+19.8%)	$714 → $859 (+20.3%)

Bucklin

Population

715627

Median household income

$58,750$58,699

Median home value

$84,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$597$715

Fort Dodge

Population

168145

Median household income

$22,250$31,667

Median gross rent

$714$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
Under 5	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	2.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	33.8%
75 and over	14.5%	49.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
No high school diploma	5.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
Drove alone	88.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
1-unit, detached	79.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Fort Dodge
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.86	1.10
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1952	1969