Buckhart TownshipIL
A town of 1,730, settled in 1857.
Is Buckhart Township a good place to live?
Buckhart Township’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 14% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Buckhart Township, below both the Illinois town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Buckhart Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
95% of working residents leave Buckhart Township for work
Where Buckhart Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Buckhart Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Buckhart Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Buckhart Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Buckhart Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Buckhart Township.
Most of Buckhart Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Buckhart Township for work: only 5% work in town. At 21 minutes, Buckhart Township’s average trip to work is where Illinois’ towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Buckhart Township has added 119 jobs, to 224 in 2023.
| Buckhart Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.9% | 11% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Buckhart Township fall behind 54% of Illinois districts
Its public schools are run by Edinburg CUSD 4. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburg Elem SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 76 | D |
| Edinburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 74 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Buckhart Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Buckhart Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Buckhart Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Buckhart Township is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Buckhart Township beats the Illinois average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 16% of Buckhart Township adults smoke cigarettes.
| Buckhart Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Buckhart Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 13.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.4% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0.4% of Buckhart Township
3.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Buckhart Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Buckhart Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veterans Memorial Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lincoln Tomb and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Buckhart Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LandmarkLincoln Tomb
19 mi National Historic SiteLincoln Home National Historic Site124K visitors a year19 mi National MonumentSpringfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument
19 mi MuseumOld State Capitol State Historic Site
34 mi MuseumLincoln's New Salem
14 mi Zoo & aquariumHenson Robinson ZooPhoto credits
Lincoln Tomb: David Jones, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lincoln Home National Historic Site: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old State Capitol State Historic Site: Shadow2700 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lincoln's New Salem: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Henson Robinson Zoo: Robert Lawton, CC BY-SA 2.5
Everything we know about Buckhart Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Buckhart Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Buckhart Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Buckhart Township
Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States
Buckhart is an unincorporated community in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Buckhart is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Rochester.
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- Elevation
- 564 ft
Buckhart Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Buckhart Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhart Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | B− |
| South Fork Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B− |
| Mount Auburn Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cooper Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Taylorville Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stonington Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cotton Hill Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Buckhart Township and South Fork Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Buckhart Township and South Fork Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mount Auburn Township, Cooper Township, Taylorville Township, Stonington Township and Cotton Hill Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Buckhart Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Buckhart Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Buckhart Township, IL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.