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Work & commute · Buckingham

Work & commute in Buckingham, IL

Most working residents leave Buckingham for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (8%), Bradley (7%) and Joliet (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 89 working residents
Typical commute
33 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 88 Buckingham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckingham.

88live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Buckingham goes to work

Union HillBuckinghamHerscherPaxtonBraidwoodAlsipBradleyBourbonnaisWilmingtonKankakeeWaukeganChicagoJolietKankakeeChicagoBradleyJolietKankakeeHerscherBourbonnaisUnion HillBraidwoodAlsipWilmingtonBuckingham
1
Chicago60.2 mi away
8%7
2
Bradley18.9 mi away
7%6
3
Joliet32.5 mi away
7%6
4
Kankakee16.6 mi away
6%5
5
Herscher3.9 mi away
3%3
6
Bourbonnais18 mi away
3%3
7
Union Hill4.5 mi away
2%2
8
Braidwood15.6 mi away
2%2
9
Alsip48.7 mi away
2%2
10
Wilmington18.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%51

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

How far

How far Buckingham commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Buckingham is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckingham are

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

Jobs based in Buckingham

4 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less100%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Buckingham residents hold

89 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−43%

Jobs based in Buckingham, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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