Buckner vs Thompsonville

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

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

Thompsonville has the higher population (475 vs 305 in Buckner). Buckner has the higher median household income ($47,222 vs $46,023 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $53,600 in Buckner).

Population, income & housing

	Buckner	Thompsonville
Population	305	475
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,222	$46,023
Median home value	$53,600	$85,700
Median gross rent	$1,025	$708
Housing units	146	303
Homeownership rate	81.8%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckner	Thompsonville
Population	391 → 305 (-22.0%)	496 → 475 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$36,136 → $47,222 (+30.7%)	$32,604 → $46,023 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $53,600 (+4.7%)	$73,900 → $85,700 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,025 (+39.8%)	$654 → $708 (+8.3%)

Buckner

Population

391305

Median household income

$36,136$47,222

Median home value

$51,200$53,600

Median gross rent

$733$1,025

Thompsonville

Population

496475

Median household income

$32,604$46,023

Median home value

$73,900$85,700

Median gross rent

$654$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckner	Thompsonville
Under 5	5.9%	14.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.0%
75 and over	8.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckner	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckner	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	9.5%	18.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckner	Thompsonville
Drove alone	83.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckner	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	72.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	26.7%

Poverty & households

	Buckner	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	19.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1951	1977