Photo: User:Wyattmj · CC BY 4.0Bucklin Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
24 jobs are based in Bucklin Township, and 265 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Bucklin Township; the top destination outside it is Brookfield (23%, 9 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bucklin Township
The workday shuffle in and out of Bucklin Township
On a workday 262 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Bucklin Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where the trip to work from Bucklin Township ends
Where Bucklin Township clocks in
10% 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.
What Bucklin Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bucklin Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 24. 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 Bucklin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bucklin Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bucklin Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Half of Bucklin Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 27% 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.
Bucklin Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Baker Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bucklin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucklin Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $54,545 |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Marceline Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 16 min | $74,872 |
| Baker Township | 5% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Yellow Creek Township and Baker Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bucklin 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 Bucklin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bucklin Township?
$54,545 (±$9,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bucklin Township?
18.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bucklin Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bucklin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookfield (23%, 9 mi), Marceline (10%, 7 mi), Chillicothe (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bucklin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bucklin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bucklin 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.