Buckley vs Danforth

A side-by-side comparison of Buckley and Danforth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Danforth has the higher population (619 vs 472 in Buckley). Buckley has the higher median household income ($52,212 vs $47,750 in Danforth). Danforth has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $91,700 in Buckley).

Population, income & housing

	Buckley	Danforth
Population	472	619
Median age	55.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,212	$47,750
Median home value	$91,700	$138,600
Median gross rent	$838	$850
Housing units	258	226
Homeownership rate	83.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckley	Danforth
Population	517 → 472 (-8.7%)	681 → 619 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $52,212 (+17.5%)	$48,250 → $47,750 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $91,700 (+12.7%)	$101,600 → $138,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $838 (+21.1%)	$879 → $850 (-3.3%)

Buckley

Population

517472

Median household income

$44,432$52,212

Median home value

$81,400$91,700

Median gross rent

$692$838

Danforth

Population

681619

Median household income

$48,250$47,750

Median home value

$101,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$879$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckley	Danforth
Under 5	3.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	25.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.7%
75 and over	13.3%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckley	Danforth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.0%
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	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckley	Danforth
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckley	Danforth
Drove alone	87.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckley	Danforth
1-unit, detached	95.7%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckley	Danforth
Poverty rate	16.2%	35.2%
Average household size	2.03	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1954	1954