Blue Summit vs Buckner

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

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

Buckner has the higher population (2,917 vs 1,145 in Blue Summit). Buckner has the higher median household income ($84,572 vs $57,016 in Blue Summit). Buckner has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $34,900 in Blue Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Summit	Buckner
Population	1,145	2,917
Median age	29.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,016	$84,572
Median home value	$34,900	$177,100
Median gross rent	$1,111	$1,000
Housing units	364	1,131
Homeownership rate	57.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Summit	Buckner
Population	412 → 1,145 (+177.9%)	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$51,531 → $57,016 (+10.6%)	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $34,900 (-35.6%)	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,111 (+22.5%)	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)

Blue Summit

Population

4121,145

Median household income

$51,531$57,016

Median home value

$54,200$34,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,111

Buckner

Population

3,0452,917

Median household income

$52,911$84,572

Median home value

$99,700$177,100

Median gross rent

$860$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Summit	Buckner
Under 5	7.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	18.9%
35 to 44	25.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	4.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	2.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.7%
75 and over	1.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Summit	Buckner
White (non-Hispanic)	49.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Summit	Buckner
No high school diploma	43.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	18.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Summit	Buckner
Drove alone	45.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	22.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Summit	Buckner
1-unit, detached	32.4%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	64.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Blue Summit	Buckner
Poverty rate	34.0%	10.7%
Average household size	3.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1982	1972