Buckner vs Lone Jack

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

Buckner and Lone Jack 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 1,487 in Lone Jack). Lone Jack has the higher median household income ($116,328 vs $84,572 in Buckner). Lone Jack has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $177,100 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Lone Jack
Population	2,917	1,487
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$116,328
Median home value	$177,100	$307,400
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,197
Housing units	1,131	467
Homeownership rate	74.2%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Lone Jack
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	1,371 → 1,487 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$86,786 → $116,328 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$199,300 → $307,400 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	$1,026 → $1,197 (+16.7%)

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

Lone Jack

Population

1,3711,487

Median household income

$86,786$116,328

Median home value

$199,300$307,400

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Lone Jack
Under 5	8.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	19.5%	27.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.4%
75 and over	3.3%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Lone Jack
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.7%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Lone Jack
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Lone Jack
Drove alone	85.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	11.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Lone Jack
1-unit, detached	84.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Lone Jack
Poverty rate	10.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.58	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1972	2005