Photo: ToddC4176 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Buckland works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston. 316 jobs are based in Buckland for 823 working residents. Buckland grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Buckland
Why Buckland gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Buckland is better than 39% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Buckland’s grade up ($82,877, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% 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, Buckland could be anywhere from C− to B.
Jobs in Buckland: what the 316 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buckland, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 316. 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 Buckland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Buckland: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 764 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Buckland on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
13% of working residents work in Greenfield
Where Buckland clocks in
13% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Buckland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buckland workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 821 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Buckland’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Buckland is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buckland is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Buckland 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 956 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 49% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 49% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 3.6% of Buckland households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buckland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, Buckland comes 2,694th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 540 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 646 | Otis MA | 1,610 | $109K | 1.2% | 6.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 678 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,692 | Stonewood WV | 1,743 | $55K | 8.0% | 9.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,693 | Boone Township IN | 1,329 | $54K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,694 | Buckland MA | 1,812 | $83K | 13.0% | 3.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,695 | Frenchcreek Township PA | 1,393 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,696 | Stewartville AL | 1,629 | $88K | 11.0% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Buckland, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Work next door: 12% of Buckland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Shelburne (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buckland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland | – | C+ | A− | 31 min | $82,877 |
| Shelburne | 10% | C+ | A− | 29 min | $83,000 |
| Charlemont | 2% | D | B | 37 min | $53,063 |
| Conway | under 3% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $97,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buckland’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 Buckland: questions
What is the median household income in Buckland?
$82,877 (±$6,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buckland?
13.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buckland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buckland work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (13%, 10 mi), Shelburne (10%, 6 mi), Northampton (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buckland walkable?
Buckland is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buckland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 49% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buckland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buckland
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.