Work & commute · Blackhawk

Work & commute in Blackhawk, IL

Most working residents leave Blackhawk for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rock Island (20%), Davenport (16%) and Moline (14%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

589 of 4,179 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,590 Blackhawk residents head out of town to work, 589 work right here, and 8,732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackhawk.

3,590live here, work elsewhere

589live and work here

8,732work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackhawk goes to work

Rock Island2.3 mi away

20%825

Davenport, IA8.3 mi away

16%649

Moline6.1 mi away

14%579

Milan1.7 mi away

7%291

East Moline12.2 mi away

6%231

Bettendorf, IA10.9 mi away

3%128

Chicago152.8 mi away

2%72

Peoria69.5 mi away

2%63

Hampton12.4 mi away

2%63

Silvis10.5 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,235

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.

69%

10%

19%

69%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackhawk is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackhawk are

9,321 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

9,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Blackhawk residents hold

4,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Blackhawk, 2013 → 2023: 7,979 → 9,321. 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.