Buckley vs Martinton

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

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

Buckley has the higher population (472 vs 312 in Martinton). Martinton has the higher median household income ($86,000 vs $52,212 in Buckley). Martinton has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $91,700 in Buckley).

Population, income & housing

	Buckley	Martinton
Population	472	312
Median age	55.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,212	$86,000
Median home value	$91,700	$110,500
Median gross rent	$838	$763
Housing units	258	157
Homeownership rate	83.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckley	Martinton
Population	517 → 472 (-8.7%)	291 → 312 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $52,212 (+17.5%)	$62,500 → $86,000 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $91,700 (+12.7%)	$93,600 → $110,500 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $838 (+21.1%)	$850 → $763 (-10.2%)

Buckley

Population

517472

Median household income

$44,432$52,212

Median home value

$81,400$91,700

Median gross rent

$692$838

Martinton

Population

291312

Median household income

$62,500$86,000

Median home value

$93,600$110,500

Median gross rent

$850$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckley	Martinton
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	5.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	21.8%
55 to 64	25.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.3%
75 and over	13.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckley	Martinton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckley	Martinton
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	50.3%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckley	Martinton
Drove alone	87.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckley	Martinton
1-unit, detached	95.7%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckley	Martinton
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1954	1946