Buckner vs Greenwood

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (6,000 vs 2,917 in Buckner). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($104,638 vs $84,572 in Buckner). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($263,300 vs $177,100 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Greenwood
Population	2,917	6,000
Median age	32.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$104,638
Median home value	$177,100	$263,300
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,679
Housing units	1,131	2,193
Homeownership rate	74.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Greenwood
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)

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

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Greenwood
Under 5	8.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	17.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.9%
75 and over	3.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Greenwood
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Greenwood
Drove alone	85.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	15.1%
Other means	0.7%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	84.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Greenwood
Poverty rate	10.7%	2.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1972	1995