Bucklin vs Laclede

A side-by-side comparison of Bucklin and Laclede: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bucklin has the higher population (383 vs 249 in Laclede). Laclede has the higher median household income ($46,500 vs $43,125 in Bucklin). Bucklin has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $50,000 in Laclede).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Laclede
Population	383	249
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$46,500
Median home value	$73,700	$50,000
Median gross rent	$525	$333
Housing units	242	133
Homeownership rate	71.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Laclede
Population	394 → 383 (-2.8%)	378 → 249 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$37,250 → $43,125 (+15.8%)	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $73,700 (+63.8%)	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)

Bucklin

Population

394383

Median household income

$37,250$43,125

Median home value

$45,000$73,700

Median gross rent

$344$525

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Laclede
Under 5	6.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	22.2%	17.7%
75 and over	12.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Laclede
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Laclede
No high school diploma	6.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	51.4%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Laclede
Drove alone	74.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	17.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Laclede
1-unit, detached	78.1%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Laclede
Poverty rate	27.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1961	1960