Bucklin vs Spearville

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

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

Spearville has the higher population (1,054 vs 627 in Bucklin). Spearville has the higher median household income ($71,230 vs $58,699 in Bucklin). Spearville has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $88,600 in Bucklin).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Spearville
Population	627	1,054
Median age	52.9 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,699	$71,230
Median home value	$88,600	$185,400
Median gross rent	$715	$775
Housing units	341	432
Homeownership rate	77.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Spearville
Population	715 → 627 (-12.3%)	925 → 1,054 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $58,699 (-0.1%)	$68,906 → $71,230 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $88,600 (+4.7%)	$118,900 → $185,400 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $715 (+19.8%)	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

Bucklin

Population

715627

Median household income

$58,750$58,699

Median home value

$84,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$597$715

Spearville

Population

9251,054

Median household income

$68,906$71,230

Median home value

$118,900$185,400

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Spearville
Under 5	1.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	19.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	17.9%
75 and over	14.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Spearville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Spearville
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.4%
High school graduate	17.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Spearville
Drove alone	88.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Spearville
1-unit, detached	79.5%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Spearville
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1952	1972