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Population (year 2000): 2,725. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,724 (-0.0% change)
Males: 1,341 (49.2%), Females: 1,384 (50.8%)
Jackson County
Zip code:
64016
Median resident age: 32.6 years
Median household income: $40,577 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,600 (year 2000)
Races in Buckner:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.2%)
- Two or more races (2.4%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- American Indian (1.9%)
- Other race (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (21.9%), Irish (15.2%),
United States (12.1%), English (11.7%), Italian (3.6%), French
(3.4%).
Elevation: 752 feet
Land area: 1.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Buckner
- High school or higher: 79.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Buckner city
- Never married: 20.4%
- Now married: 56.8%
- Separated: 3.2%
- Widowed: 6.1%
- Divorced: 13.6%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -206 (-7.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Buckner:
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF BLUE SPRINGS (about 11 miles;
BLUE SPRINGS, MO)
- MEDICAL CENTER OF INDEPENDENCE (about 12 miles;
INDEPENDENCE, MO)
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles;
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Buckner:
- CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN (about 27 miles; KANSAS
CITY, MO; ID: MKC)
- KANSAS CITY INTL (about 37 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO;
ID: MCI)
- ROSECRANS MEMORIAL (about 66 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO;
ID: STJ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Buckner:
- EAST KANSAS CITY (about 10 miles; GRAIN VALLEY, MO;
ID: 3GV)
- HARRY S TRUMAN REGIONAL (about 12 miles; BATES CITY,
MO; ID: 2M1)
- EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MEMORIAL (about 14 miles;
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO; ID: 3EX)
Amtrak stations near Buckner:
- 17 miles: INDEPENDENCE (600 S. GRAND AVE.).
Services: free short-term parking, call for taxi
service.
- 20 miles: LEE'S SUMMIT (220 S. MAIN ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Buckner:
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; LEES
SUMMIT, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,576)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,998)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY (about 27 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 8,830)
- METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES (about 28 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,259)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 29 miles;
KANSAS CITY, MO; FT enrollment: 2,189)
- PARK UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; PARKVILLE, MO; FT
enrollment: 4,180)
- JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles;
OVERLAND PARK, KS; FT enrollment: 8,857)
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