Buckner vs Lake Lotawana

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

Buckner and Lake Lotawana 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 2,378 in Lake Lotawana). Lake Lotawana has the higher median household income ($162,188 vs $84,572 in Buckner). Lake Lotawana has the higher median home value ($550,000 vs $177,100 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
Population	2,917	2,378
Median age	32.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$162,188
Median home value	$177,100	$550,000
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,682
Housing units	1,131	1,258
Homeownership rate	74.2%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	2,120 → 2,378 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$104,333 → $162,188 (+55.5%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$385,500 → $550,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	$1,289 → $1,682 (+30.5%)

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

Lake Lotawana

Population

2,1202,378

Median household income

$104,333$162,188

Median home value

$385,500$550,000

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
Under 5	8.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.9%
75 and over	3.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
Drove alone	85.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	21.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
1-unit, detached	84.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Lake Lotawana
Poverty rate	10.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1972	1974