Buckner vs Goshen

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

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

Buckner has the higher population (3,786 vs 1,004 in Goshen). Buckner has the higher median household income ($149,700 vs $96,429 in Goshen). Buckner has the higher median home value ($389,900 vs $281,000 in Goshen).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Goshen
Population	3,786	1,004
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$149,700	$96,429
Median home value	$389,900	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,536	$2,148
Housing units	1,150	383
Homeownership rate	94.4%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Goshen
Population	5,545 → 3,786 (-31.7%)	976 → 1,004 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$117,609 → $149,700 (+27.3%)	$97,500 → $96,429 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$327,100 → $389,900 (+19.2%)	$204,800 → $281,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,536 (+36.2%)	$1,682 → $2,148 (+27.7%)

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

Goshen

Population

9761,004

Median household income

$97,500$96,429

Median home value

$204,800$281,000

Median gross rent

$1,682$2,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Goshen
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	19.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.9%
75 and over	3.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Goshen
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Goshen
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	10.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Goshen
Drove alone	72.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.2%	18.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Goshen
1-unit, detached	92.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Goshen
Poverty rate	0.3%	3.9%
Average household size	3.01	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	2001	1979