Work & commute · Buckner

Work & commute in Buckner, IL

Most working residents leave Buckner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Christopher (13%), Marion (10%) and Mount Vernon (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 167 Buckner residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckner.

167live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckner goes to work

Christopher2.1 mi away

13%21

Marion17.5 mi away

10%16

Mount Vernon23.6 mi away

8%13

Du Quoin11.9 mi away

6%10

Benton5.8 mi away

4%7

Carbondale21.2 mi away

4%6

Ina13.2 mi away

3%5

Tyrone4.3 mi away

3%5

West Frankfort7.3 mi away

2%4

Springfield129.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%77

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

How far

How far Buckner commutes

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

32%

40%

11%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckner 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 Buckner are

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

Jobs based in Buckner

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Buckner residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+440%

Jobs based in Buckner, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 27. 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.