Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Blackberry Township have higher incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
For 25% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. 4.4% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.8% for Illinois as a whole. The two grades for Blackberry Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Blackberry Township apart on work
Blackberry Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Blackberry Township is Chicago, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,285) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Blackberry Township is a place people come home to
There are 2,167 jobs based in Blackberry Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blackberry Township has about 11,000 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Blackberry Township works from home
25% of Blackberry Township workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Blackberry Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blackberry Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #136 of 768 in Illinois. Household income holds Blackberry Township’s grade up ($156,494, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blackberry Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The distance from Blackberry Township to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Blackberry Township by day and by night
On a workday 8,952 residents head out to work, 328 work right here, and 1,839 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Blackberry Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Blackberry Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blackberry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,816 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
14% of working residents work in Chicago
Where Blackberry Township clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
34% of the jobs in Blackberry Township make or build things
2,167 jobs are based in Blackberry Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blackberry Township, 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.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackberry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Blackberry Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blackberry Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #462 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,096 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Blackberry Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Blackberry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
340th of 1,822: where Blackberry Township ranks among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 8 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 11 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 13 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 338 | Los Alamos NM | 13,317 | $141K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 77% | A |
| 339 | Madison NJ | 16,607 | $171K | 3.2% | 6.3% | 9% | A |
| 340 | Blackberry Township IL | 17,903 | $156K | 4.4% | 4.6% | 4% | A |
| 341 | Affton MO | 19,052 | $80K | 6.6% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| 342 | Washington Township NJ | 18,309 | $166K | 2.5% | 4.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Blackberry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Blackberry Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blackberry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry Township | – | A | B | 31 min | $156,494 |
| Sugar Grove Township | under 2% | A | B− | 34 min | $125,078 |
| Kaneville Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 35 min | $132,750 |
| Campton Township | under 2% | A | B | 32 min | $181,066 |
| Batavia Township | under 2% | A | A | 29 min | $131,798 |
| Geneva Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $141,890 |
| North Aurora | under 2% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $114,305 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blackberry Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blackberry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blackberry Township?
$156,494 (±$21,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blackberry Township?
4.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blackberry Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blackberry Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (14%, 38 mi), Geneva (7%, 6 mi), Aurora (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blackberry Township walkable?
Blackberry Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blackberry Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blackberry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blackberry Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.