With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Buckhorn works elsewhere
Employers in Buckhorn report 107 jobs for 1,333 working residents. Buckhorn grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Buckhorn itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (7%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Buckhorn, in a few figures
Buckhorn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
57% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Buckhorn is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Buckhorn, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buckhorn has about 2,300 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Buckhorn’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Buckhorn is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #583 of 847 in California. Household income holds Buckhorn’s grade up ($90,045, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Buckhorn could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Time on the road from Buckhorn: about 51 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckhorn workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,276 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Buckhorn, by distance
About 57% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Buckhorn: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,316 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Buckhorn on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Buckhorn commutes to
Where Buckhorn clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Buckhorn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckhorn, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 107. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckhorn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Buckhorn walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckhorn is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #769 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,617 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Buckhorn households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Buckhorn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,700, Buckhorn ranks 2,576th of 4,221 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,574 | Combes TX | 3,255 | $46K | 27.2% | 1.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,575 | Pine Creek Township PA | 3,425 | $59K | 14.9% | 2.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,576 | Buckhorn CA | 3,504 | $90K | 10.9% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,577 | Belfair WA | 4,557 | $88K | 6.4% | 7.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,578 | Imlay City MI | 3,753 | $60K | 23.5% | 2.1% | 20% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Buckhorn, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Around Buckhorn: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Buckhorn’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Buckhorn: questions
What is the median household income in Buckhorn?
$90,045 (±$10,915) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckhorn?
10.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckhorn?
51 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckhorn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (7%, 15 mi), Sacramento (6%, 51 mi), San Francisco (3%, 113 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buckhorn walkable?
Buckhorn is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckhorn without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckhorn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckhorn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.