Bucklin vs Wright

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

Bucklin and Wright 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 44 in Wright). Bucklin has the higher median household income ($58,699 vs $30,455 in Wright). Wright has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $88,600 in Bucklin).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Wright
Population	627	44
Median age	52.9 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,699	$30,455
Median home value	$88,600	$217,900
Median gross rent	$715	—
Housing units	341	45
Homeownership rate	77.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Wright
Population	715 → 627 (-12.3%)	97 → 44 (-54.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $58,699 (-0.1%)	$26,273 → $30,455 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $88,600 (+4.7%)	$144,600 → $217,900 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$597 → $715 (+19.8%)	—

Bucklin

Population

715627

Median household income

$58,750$58,699

Median home value

$84,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$597$715

Wright

Population

9744

Median household income

$26,273$30,455

Median home value

$144,600$217,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Wright
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%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.3%	50.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.6%
75 and over	14.5%	36.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Wright
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	50.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	50.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Wright
No high school diploma	5.1%	50.0%
High school graduate	17.2%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Wright
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	Wright
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	Wright
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.86	1.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1952	1938