Bucklin vs Marceline

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

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

Marceline has the higher population (2,269 vs 383 in Bucklin). Marceline has the higher median household income ($55,139 vs $43,125 in Bucklin). Marceline has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $73,700 in Bucklin).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Marceline
Population	383	2,269
Median age	49.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$55,139
Median home value	$73,700	$96,000
Median gross rent	$525	$618
Housing units	242	1,024
Homeownership rate	71.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Marceline
Population	394 → 383 (-2.8%)	2,002 → 2,269 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$37,250 → $43,125 (+15.8%)	$40,441 → $55,139 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $73,700 (+63.8%)	$63,700 → $96,000 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)	$535 → $618 (+15.5%)

Bucklin

Population

394383

Median household income

$37,250$43,125

Median home value

$45,000$73,700

Median gross rent

$344$525

Marceline

Population

2,0022,269

Median household income

$40,441$55,139

Median home value

$63,700$96,000

Median gross rent

$535$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Marceline
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	10.4%
75 and over	12.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Marceline
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Marceline
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	51.4%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Marceline
Drove alone	74.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Marceline
1-unit, detached	78.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Marceline
Poverty rate	27.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1961	1961