Work & commute · Blackberry

Work & commute in Blackberry, IL

Most working residents leave Blackberry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (14%), Geneva (7%) and Aurora (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

328 of 9,280 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,952 Blackberry residents head out of town to work, 328 work right here, and 1,839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackberry.

8,952live here, work elsewhere

328live and work here

1,839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackberry goes to work

Chicago38.3 mi away

14%1,285

Geneva5.5 mi away

7%617

Aurora9.4 mi away

6%558

St. Charles7.6 mi away

4%390

Naperville15.5 mi away

4%330

Batavia6.1 mi away

3%312

Elgin14 mi away

2%227

Elburn2.9 mi away

2%219

West Chicago11.1 mi away

2%157

Schaumburg21.5 mi away

2%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,028

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

How far

How far Blackberry commutes

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

28%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackberry is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackberry are

2,167 jobs are based in Blackberry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackberry

2,167 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Blackberry residents hold

9,280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+28%

Jobs based in Blackberry, 2013 → 2023: 1,694 → 2,167. 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.