Buckner vs Hanaford

A side-by-side comparison of Buckner and Hanaford: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckner and Hanaford are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hanaford has the higher population (327 vs 305 in Buckner). Hanaford has the higher median household income ($59,500 vs $47,222 in Buckner). Hanaford has the higher median home value ($56,100 vs $53,600 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Hanaford
Population	305	327
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$59,500
Median home value	$53,600	$56,100
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	146	158
Homeownership rate	81.8%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Hanaford
Population	391 → 305 (-22.0%)	377 → 327 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $47,222 (+30.7%)	$46,250 → $59,500 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $53,600 (+4.7%)	$53,000 → $56,100 (+5.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,025 (+39.8%)	$729 → $880 (+20.7%)

Buckner

Population

391305

Median household income

$36,136$47,222

Median home value

$51,200$53,600

Median gross rent

$733$1,025

Hanaford

Population

377327

Median household income

$46,250$59,500

Median home value

$53,000$56,100

Median gross rent

$729$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Hanaford
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	19.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.8%
75 and over	8.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Hanaford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Hanaford
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Hanaford
Drove alone	83.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Hanaford
1-unit, detached	72.6%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Hanaford
Poverty rate	19.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1951	1981