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Buckner, KY

4,119 Population
8.6 square miles 476.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,907 ±$7,077 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$164,219 ±$14,963 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • more than double the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.1% ±0.2% (4  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±0.8 (40,490  ±8,672) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,184 ±125 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.1 (3,691  ±425) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±3.4% (24  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,184 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$425,400 ±$24,805 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • more than double the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±7.6% (596  ±323.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±21.2% (2,573  ±344.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
56.1% ±13.1% (1,524  ±229) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.3% (55  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±3.3% (201  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
201 Total veterans ±108 195 Male ±102 6 Female ±14

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