Bonfield vs Buckingham

A side-by-side comparison of Bonfield and Buckingham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonfield has the higher population (474 vs 287 in Buckingham). Bonfield has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $76,250 in Buckingham). Bonfield has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $116,200 in Buckingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bonfield	Buckingham
Population	474	287
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$76,250
Median home value	$190,800	$116,200
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	200	93
Homeownership rate	80.3%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonfield	Buckingham
Population	437 → 474 (+8.5%)	282 → 287 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$71,705 → $86,667 (+20.9%)	$75,417 → $76,250 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $190,800 (+17.7%)	$112,500 → $116,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $825 (+20.4%)	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)

Bonfield

Population

437474

Median household income

$71,705$86,667

Median home value

$162,100$190,800

Median gross rent

$685$825

Buckingham

Population

282287

Median household income

$75,417$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$725$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonfield	Buckingham
Under 5	4.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	18.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.2%
75 and over	7.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonfield	Buckingham
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	78.7%
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	0.4%	19.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonfield	Buckingham
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonfield	Buckingham
Drove alone	68.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	11.9%
Other means	8.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonfield	Buckingham
1-unit, detached	89.0%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bonfield	Buckingham
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.39	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1959	1971