Buna vs Kirbyville

A side-by-side comparison of Buna and Kirbyville: population, income, housing, and more.

Buna and Kirbyville are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buna has the higher population (2,030 vs 2,027 in Kirbyville). Buna has the higher median household income ($66,339 vs $34,688 in Kirbyville). Buna has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $88,800 in Kirbyville).

Population, income & housing

	Buna	Kirbyville
Population	2,030	2,027
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,339	$34,688
Median home value	$111,700	$88,800
Median gross rent	$931	$585
Housing units	952	938
Homeownership rate	81.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buna	Kirbyville
Population	1,737 → 2,030 (+16.9%)	2,631 → 2,027 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$35,303 → $66,339 (+87.9%)	$24,503 → $34,688 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $111,700 (+40.2%)	$73,600 → $88,800 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $931 (+35.9%)	$605 → $585 (-3.3%)

Buna

Population

1,7372,030

Median household income

$35,303$66,339

Median home value

$79,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$685$931

Kirbyville

Population

2,6312,027

Median household income

$24,503$34,688

Median home value

$73,600$88,800

Median gross rent

$605$585

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buna	Kirbyville
Under 5	0.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	4.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.1%
75 and over	19.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buna	Kirbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	69.8%
Black or African American	3.5%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buna	Kirbyville
No high school diploma	18.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	38.9%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buna	Kirbyville
Drove alone	87.0%	73.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buna	Kirbyville
1-unit, detached	55.4%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	34.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Buna	Kirbyville
Poverty rate	13.7%	34.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1995	1981