Buckley is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 5,641 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buckley is the 131st largest community in Washington. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Buckley, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Buckley, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Buckley’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Buckley does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $124,583.00. Housing costs in Buckley are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Buckley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Buckley is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buckley who work in sales jobs (15.05%), management occupations (14.73%), and business and financial occupations (7.94%). Also of interest is that Buckley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Buckley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Buckley, the average commute to work is 30.82 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Buckley citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.08% of adults in Buckley have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Buckley in 2022 was $48,255, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,020 for a family of four. However, Buckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Buckley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buckley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buckley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buckley include English, German, Other Subsaharan African, Irish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Buckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
