Buckingham School · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Buckingham has lower unemployment (1.9%) than 86% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Buckingham A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% stay in Buckingham for work; outside it, Fort Myers is the main destination (22%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Buckingham apart on work
Buckingham has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Buckingham went from 878 in 2013 to 1,568 in 2023, +79%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Buckingham works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Buckingham: Fort Myers (22%) and Lehigh Acres (5%). Next door ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Buckingham’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Buckingham is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #76 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Buckingham could be anywhere from B to A+.
Buckingham makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
1,568 jobs are based in Buckingham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckingham, 2013 → 2023: 878 → 1,568. 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 Buckingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Buckingham, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,967 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 1,499 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Buckingham on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Buckingham’s working residents head each day
Where Buckingham clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
From Buckingham, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckingham workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,769 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Buckingham to work
About 20% 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.
In Buckingham, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckingham is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #581 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Buckingham near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,058 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 1.4% of Buckingham households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buckingham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Buckingham next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800: 682nd of 4,039 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 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 680 | Jamestown RI | 5,480 | $141K | 3.5% | 4.9% | 16% | A− |
| 681 | Zellwood FL | 3,228 | $70K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| 682 | Buckingham FL | 4,311 | $113K | 8.7% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 683 | Four Bridges OH | 3,417 | $122K | 7.1% | 4.2% | 1% | A− |
| 684 | Richfield OH | 3,720 | $83K | 4.4% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Buckingham, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
27% of Buckingham works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckingham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham | – | A− | C− | 30 min | $112,568 |
| Lehigh Acres | 5% | C | C+ | 38 min | $66,890 |
| Verandah | under 1% | A | C+ | 31 min | $120,962 |
| Fort Myers | 22% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $63,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Myers. Darker towns draw more of Buckingham’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 Buckingham: questions
What is the median household income in Buckingham?
$112,568 (±$26,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckingham?
8.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckingham?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckingham work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (22%, 6 mi), Cape Coral (5%, 15 mi), Lehigh Acres (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buckingham walkable?
Buckingham is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckingham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckingham
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.