Work & commute · Buckeye

Work & commute in Buckeye, IL

Most working residents leave Buckeye for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Freeport (18%), Monroe (10%) and Rockford (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 545 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 531 Buckeye residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckeye.

531live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckeye goes to work

Freeport8.9 mi away

18%96

Monroe, WI12.8 mi away

10%56

Rockford31.1 mi away

5%27

Chicago107.6 mi away

4%23

Orangeville3.4 mi away

4%21

Waddams6.2 mi away

3%17

Lena10 mi away

2%12

Dakota4.5 mi away

2%12

Buckeye (in town)right here

2%9

Cedarville2.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%265

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Buckeye commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

23%

14%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckeye is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckeye are

88 jobs are based in Buckeye. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckeye’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckeye

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Buckeye residents hold

545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+16%

Jobs based in Buckeye, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 88. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.