Buckner vs Pewee Valley

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

Buckner and Pewee Valley 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 1,417 in Pewee Valley). Buckner has the higher median household income ($149,700 vs $139,688 in Pewee Valley). Pewee Valley has the higher median home value ($532,900 vs $389,900 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
Population	3,786	1,417
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$149,700	$139,688
Median home value	$389,900	$532,900
Median gross rent	$1,536	—
Housing units	1,150	488
Homeownership rate	94.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	52.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
Population	5,545 → 3,786 (-31.7%)	1,592 → 1,417 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$117,609 → $149,700 (+27.3%)	$117,885 → $139,688 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$327,100 → $389,900 (+19.2%)	$386,800 → $532,900 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,536 (+36.2%)	$1,167 → $1,074 (-8.0%)

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

Pewee Valley

Population

1,5921,417

Median household income

$117,885$139,688

Median home value

$386,800$532,900

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	13.5%
75 and over	3.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	96.5%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	10.3%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
Drove alone	72.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Pewee Valley
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	Pewee Valley
Poverty rate	0.3%	0.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	2001	1977