Buckner vs Grain Valley

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

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

Grain Valley has the higher population (15,967 vs 2,917 in Buckner). Grain Valley has the higher median household income ($87,266 vs $84,572 in Buckner). Grain Valley has the higher median home value ($269,800 vs $177,100 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Grain Valley
Population	2,917	15,967
Median age	32.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$87,266
Median home value	$177,100	$269,800
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,366
Housing units	1,131	6,178
Homeownership rate	74.2%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Grain Valley
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	13,966 → 15,967 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$73,698 → $87,266 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$174,400 → $269,800 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	$1,044 → $1,366 (+30.8%)

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

Grain Valley

Population

13,96615,967

Median household income

$73,698$87,266

Median home value

$174,400$269,800

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Grain Valley
Under 5	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	18.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	19.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.8%
75 and over	3.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Grain Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Grain Valley
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Grain Valley
Drove alone	85.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	17.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Grain Valley
1-unit, detached	84.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Grain Valley
Poverty rate	10.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	2002