Buckner vs Orient

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

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

Orient has the higher population (380 vs 305 in Buckner). Buckner has the higher median household income ($47,222 vs $39,167 in Orient). Buckner has the higher median home value ($53,600 vs $49,100 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Orient
Population	305	380
Median age	41.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$39,167
Median home value	$53,600	$49,100
Median gross rent	$1,025	$731
Housing units	146	212
Homeownership rate	81.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Orient
Population	391 → 305 (-22.0%)	426 → 380 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $47,222 (+30.7%)	$28,958 → $39,167 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $53,600 (+4.7%)	$41,600 → $49,100 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,025 (+39.8%)	$600 → $731 (+21.8%)

Buckner

Population

391305

Median household income

$36,136$47,222

Median home value

$51,200$53,600

Median gross rent

$733$1,025

Orient

Population

426380

Median household income

$28,958$39,167

Median home value

$41,600$49,100

Median gross rent

$600$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Orient
Under 5	5.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	17.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Orient
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Orient
Drove alone	83.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Orient
1-unit, detached	72.6%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Orient
Poverty rate	19.7%	25.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	39
Median year structure built	1951	1945