Buckner vs Sugar Creek

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

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

Sugar Creek has the higher population (3,261 vs 2,917 in Buckner). Buckner has the higher median household income ($84,572 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Buckner has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
Population	2,917	3,261
Median age	32.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,572	$57,467
Median home value	$177,100	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,000	$936
Housing units	1,131	1,559
Homeownership rate	74.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
Population	3,045 → 2,917 (-4.2%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$52,911 → $84,572 (+59.8%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $177,100 (+77.6%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,000 (+16.3%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

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

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
Under 5	8.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	3.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	9.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	85.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	84.4%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	10.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1972	1953