William Ritzman House · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Most of Buckeye Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Buckeye Township has 88 jobs, against 545 working residents. The two grades for Buckeye Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; Illinois has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Buckeye Township apart
Buckeye Township is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Buckeye Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buckeye Township has about 710 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Buckeye Township and Freeport trade workers both ways
Freeport is the top workplace for Buckeye Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Buckeye Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 545 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Buckeye Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Buckeye Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Buckeye Township’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Buckeye Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Buckeye Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who works in Buckeye Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 531 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Buckeye Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
18% of working residents work in Freeport
Where Buckeye Township clocks in
18% of workers
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Buckeye Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckeye Township, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 88. 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 Buckeye Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Buckeye Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckeye Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Buckeye Township commutes
About 28% 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.
Buckeye Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckeye Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 621 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.7% of Buckeye Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buckeye Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,347th of 4,312: where Buckeye Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,345 | Shelton NE | 1,042 | $81K | 6.8% | 5.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,346 | Greenback TN | 1,251 | $73K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B− |
| 1,347 | Buckeye Township IL | 1,170 | $76K | 7.1% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,348 | Grand Meadow MN | 1,159 | $72K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 8% | B− |
| 1,349 | Fairchilds TX | 1,060 | $69K | 13.9% | 6.7% | 0% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Buckeye Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Buckeye Township
The biggest share goes to Waddams Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckeye Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Township | – | B− | C | 29 min | $76,094 |
| Waddams Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Oneco Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $69,630 |
| Harlem Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $95,000 |
| Dakota Township | 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rock Grove Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 37 min | $99,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waddams Township and Dakota Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buckeye Township’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 Buckeye Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buckeye Township?
$76,094 (±$7,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckeye Township?
7.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckeye Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckeye Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeport (18%, 9 mi), Monroe (10%, 13 mi), Rockford (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buckeye Township walkable?
Buckeye Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckeye Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckeye Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckeye Township
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.