Work & commute · Blackhawk

Work & commute in Blackhawk, CA

Most working residents leave Blackhawk for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Francisco (10%), San Ramon (7%) and Pleasanton (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

126 of 3,939 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,813 Blackhawk residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 1,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackhawk.

3,813live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

1,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackhawk goes to work

San Francisco61.3 mi away

10%413

San Ramon3.1 mi away

7%295

Pleasanton10 mi away

5%214

San Jose35.9 mi away

5%190

Oakland17.2 mi away

4%174

Walnut Creek9.4 mi away

4%172

Danville3.1 mi away

4%146

Livermore11.9 mi away

3%130

Blackhawk (in town)right here

3%126

Concord12.2 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,984

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Blackhawk commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

28%

34%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackhawk is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackhawk are

1,736 jobs are based in Blackhawk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackhawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackhawk

1,736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blackhawk residents hold

3,939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+4%

Jobs based in Blackhawk, 2013 → 2023: 1,676 → 1,736. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.