Local servicesHospitalRiverside Medical Center14.0 miPost officeBuckingham Post Office4.6 miTown hallHerscher Village Hall5.0 miPoliceBuckingham Village Police Department4.8 miFire stationEssex Fire Protection District5.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportChicago Midway International Airport MDW51 miInterstateI-5510 miUS highwayUS 4514 miAmtrakDwight, IL DWT15 miCoachKankakee Ricky Rocket Fuel CenterFlixBus16 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 60969 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 8 min5:20 am – 8:28 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 13 min7:14 am – 4:27 pm
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People66 residentsin the ZIP code areaMedian age 42.527 householdsMedian household income $117,750Median home value $154,20089% of homes owner-occupiedMedian property tax $2,200 a yearSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 84°F, lows 62°FColdest month January: highs 31°F, lows 14°F38 in of rain a year, on about 72 dayswettest month May23 in of snow a year, on about 10 days16 days above 90°F, 140 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Dwight station, 14 mi away
Nearby landmarksHorse Lake (historical)lake · 3.9 miEast Fork Mazon Riverriver · 7.5 miPilot Hillpeak · 8.1 miRound Grove (historical)woods · 8.2 miKankakee River State Park Chippewa Campgroundcampground · 9.6 miBraidwood Power Plant Cooling Pondlake · 7.4 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsMazonia-Braidwood State Fish and Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 6.1 mi · 2,816 acresCommunity Parkpark · 8.2 mi · 120 acresEvans-Judge Preserve 2state conservation land · 8.8 mi · 164 acresKankakee River State Parkstate conservation land · 8.9 mi · 3,664 acresSand Ridge Savanna Preserve 2state conservation land · 9.3 mi · 142 acresK-Mine Parkpark · 9.5 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes2 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.2 on 28 Jun 200446 mi away, near Dayton, IllinoisMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 15 Jul 202447 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateKankakee County, IL, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsCold wave Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality62% of days had good air in 2025225 of 365 days measured135 moderate, 4 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 1 unhealthy daysMedian index 44, worst day 156main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Will County, IL, 25 mi away
Internet at home100% of households have a broadband subscription41% have cable, fibre or DSL15% rely on a mobile data plan alone0% have no internet at homeSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023
Drinking waterAqua Illinois-kankakeeserves 80,000 people from surface water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Jan 2024: surface water treatment, treatment technique4 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation615 ft187 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
