Buckingham vs Sun River Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham and Sun River Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sun River Terrace has the higher population (637 vs 287 in Buckingham). Buckingham has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $43,393 in Sun River Terrace). Buckingham has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $107,100 in Sun River Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
Population	287	637
Median age	42.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$43,393
Median home value	$116,200	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,058
Housing units	93	224
Homeownership rate	95.6%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
Population	282 → 287 (+1.8%)	445 → 637 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $76,250 (+1.1%)	$36,250 → $43,393 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $116,200 (+3.3%)	$75,700 → $107,100 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $825 (+13.8%)	$1,068 → $1,058 (-0.9%)

Buckingham

Population

282287

Median household income

$75,417$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$725$825

Sun River Terrace

Population

445637

Median household income

$36,250$43,393

Median home value

$75,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	34.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	7.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	84.1%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	19.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
Drove alone	76.2%	77.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	4.9%
Other means	1.6%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
1-unit, detached	98.9%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham	Sun River Terrace
Poverty rate	3.5%	36.5%
Average household size	3.19	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1971	1972