Bucklin vs Purdin

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

Bucklin and Purdin 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 75 in Purdin). Bucklin has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $21,250 in Purdin). Bucklin has the higher median home value ($73,700 vs $48,300 in Purdin).

Population, income & housing

	Bucklin	Purdin
Population	383	75
Median age	49.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$21,250
Median home value	$73,700	$48,300
Median gross rent	$525	$286
Housing units	242	79
Homeownership rate	71.2%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucklin	Purdin
Population	394 → 383 (-2.8%)	105 → 75 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$37,250 → $43,125 (+15.8%)	$48,125 → $21,250 (-55.8%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $73,700 (+63.8%)	$41,300 → $48,300 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)	$292 → $286 (-2.1%)

Bucklin

Population

394383

Median household income

$37,250$43,125

Median home value

$45,000$73,700

Median gross rent

$344$525

Purdin

Population

10575

Median household income

$48,125$21,250

Median home value

$41,300$48,300

Median gross rent

$292$286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucklin	Purdin
Under 5	6.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	20.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	22.2%	17.3%
75 and over	12.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucklin	Purdin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucklin	Purdin
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	51.4%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucklin	Purdin
Drove alone	74.0%	88.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucklin	Purdin
1-unit, detached	78.1%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Bucklin	Purdin
Poverty rate	27.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1961	1955