Missouri · Census place 2909424

Buckner, Missouri

Buckner is a city in Jackson County, Missouri with an estimated 2,893 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,893
#189 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-49 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,616 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Buckner. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Buckner population, 2020 to 2024

Buckner lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

2,94220202,92220212,89420222,87820232,8932024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,948. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Buckner covers 1.79 square miles of land, for 1,616 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Buckner is denser than the typical town.

What county Buckner is in

All of Buckner's residents live in Jackson County, which had 727,362 residents in 2024. Buckner holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buckner

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buckner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64016. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Buckner is

The Census internal point of Buckner is at 39.132500, -94.196800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 115.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grain Valley, MO (16,859 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Independence, MO, 8.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.132500, -94.196800
DMS
39°07'57.00"N 94°11'48.48"W
UTM
15N 396559.0E 4332162.3N
Geohash
9yvn87zgr
Plus code
86F74RM3+27

Daylight in Buckner

At 39.13° N, Buckner gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buckner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Grain Valley, 8.2 miles away, with 16,859 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Buckner, MO?

2,893 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (1.7%) from 2,942 in July 2020.

What county is Buckner in?

Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Buckner?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64016.

How far is Buckner from Jefferson City?

115.4 miles (185.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Buckner.

What is the nearest larger city to Buckner?

Grain Valley, MO, with 16,859 residents, 8.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.