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Work & commute · Buckhart

Work & commute in Buckhart, IL

Most working residents leave Buckhart for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (29%), Decatur (11%) and Taylorville (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
34 of 720 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 686 Buckhart residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckhart.

686live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
190work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Buckhart goes to work

EdinburgAssumptionMount AuburnRochesterTaylorvilleDecaturBloomingtonChicagoPeoriaSpringfieldRockfordBuckhartCotton HillStoningtonCooperClear LakeMount AuburnMosquitoSouth ForkTaylorvilleSpringfieldDecaturTaylorvilleBloomingtonEdinburgChicagoPeoriaAssumptionRochesterBuckhart
1
Springfield18.7 mi away
29%208
2
Decatur25.2 mi away
11%76
3
Taylorville6.9 mi away
8%57
4
Bloomington59.5 mi away
3%20
5
Edinburg2.9 mi away
2%17
6
Chicago173.3 mi away
2%17
7
Buckhart (in town)right here
2%17
8
Peoria76.7 mi away
2%15
9
Assumption18.3 mi away
2%12
10
Rochester11.3 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%274

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

How far

How far Buckhart commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Buckhart is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckhart are

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

Jobs based in Buckhart

224 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Buckhart residents hold

720 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+113%

Jobs based in Buckhart, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 224. 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.

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