Buckner vs Lake Tapawingo

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

Buckner and Lake Tapawingo 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 754 in Lake Tapawingo). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median household income ($102,708 vs $84,572 in Buckner). Lake Tapawingo has the higher median home value ($348,700 vs $177,100 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
Population	2,917	754
Median age	32.6 yrs	59.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$102,708
Median home value	$177,100	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,688
Housing units	1,131	402
Homeownership rate	74.2%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	825 → 754 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$84,688 → $102,708 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$268,300 → $348,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	—

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 Tapawingo

Population

825754

Median household income

$84,688$102,708

Median home value

$268,300$348,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
Under 5	8.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.9%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	25.7%
75 and over	3.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
Drove alone	85.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	16.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
1-unit, detached	84.4%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Lake Tapawingo
Poverty rate	10.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1972	1955