Buckner vs Crestwood

A side-by-side comparison of Buckner and Crestwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckner and Crestwood are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crestwood has the higher population (6,275 vs 3,786 in Buckner). Buckner has the higher median household income ($149,700 vs $101,086 in Crestwood). Buckner has the higher median home value ($389,900 vs $315,100 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Crestwood
Population	3,786	6,275
Median age	35.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,700	$101,086
Median home value	$389,900	$315,100
Median gross rent	$1,536	$1,100
Housing units	1,150	2,362
Homeownership rate	94.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Crestwood
Population	5,545 → 3,786 (-31.7%)	4,973 → 6,275 (+26.2%)
Median household income	$117,609 → $149,700 (+27.3%)	$104,457 → $101,086 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$327,100 → $389,900 (+19.2%)	$277,400 → $315,100 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,536 (+36.2%)	$872 → $1,100 (+26.1%)

Buckner

Population

5,5453,786

Median household income

$117,609$149,700

Median home value

$327,100$389,900

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,536

Crestwood

Population

4,9736,275

Median household income

$104,457$101,086

Median home value

$277,400$315,100

Median gross rent

$872$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Crestwood
Under 5	5.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	17.1%	18.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.6%
75 and over	3.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Crestwood
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Crestwood
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	10.3%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Crestwood
Drove alone	72.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Crestwood
1-unit, detached	92.3%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Crestwood
Poverty rate	0.3%	5.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	2001	2003