Buckley is a somewhat small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 5,603 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buckley is the 131st largest community in Washington. Buckley has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Buckley, where the median household income is $121,719.00. 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.Buckley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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 management occupations (13.36%), sales jobs (11.74%), and business and financial occupations (7.90%). 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: 14.36% 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. In Buckley, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in Buckley who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.05% of the adults in Buckley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Buckley in 2022 was $46,843, which is upper middle income relative to Washington, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,372 for a family of four. However, Buckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Buckley include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Buckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.
