Buckingham vs Sammons Point

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

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

Buckingham has the higher population (287 vs 191 in Sammons Point). Sammons Point has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $76,250 in Buckingham). Sammons Point has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $116,200 in Buckingham).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
Population	287	191
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$81,250
Median home value	$116,200	$178,800
Housing units	93	75
Homeownership rate	95.6%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
Population	282 → 287 (+1.8%)	286 → 191 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $76,250 (+1.1%)	$67,500 → $81,250 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $116,200 (+3.3%)	$122,100 → $178,800 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)	$1,094 → $1,348 (+23.2%)

Buckingham

Population

282287

Median household income

$75,417$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$725$825

Sammons Point

Population

286191

Median household income

$67,500$81,250

Median home value

$122,100$178,800

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.4%
75 and over	4.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
No high school diploma	13.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	40.9%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
Drove alone	76.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	1.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
1-unit, detached	98.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham	Sammons Point
Poverty rate	3.5%	12.0%
Average household size	3.19	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1961