Blackhawk Township draws 8,732 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Blackhawk Township are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 9,321 jobs are based in Blackhawk Township, against 4,179 working residents. At home: 8% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Blackhawk Township in brief
A lot of Blackhawk Township workers cross into Iowa
33% of Blackhawk Township workers work outside Illinois, most of them in Iowa, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Blackhawk Township is where the jobs are
Blackhawk Township has 9,321 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 15,000 people are in town, 55% more than the 9,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Blackhawk Township live in another state
Davenport, IA (11%) and Bettendorf, IA (4%) are among the top places Blackhawk Township’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 15% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Most Blackhawk Township residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Blackhawk Township and Rock Island trade workers both ways
Rock Island is the top workplace for Blackhawk Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Blackhawk Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Blackhawk Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blackhawk Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #428 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Blackhawk Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($65,414, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blackhawk Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Where Blackhawk Township’s workers come from
Where Blackhawk Township clocks in
20% of workers
16% of workers
14% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Blackhawk Township
On a workday 3,590 residents head out to work and 589 work right here.
About 15,000 people are in Blackhawk Township on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Blackhawk Township
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
What Blackhawk Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blackhawk Township, 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.
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 Blackhawk Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Blackhawk Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blackhawk Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,172 commuters (the 8% 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.
Blackhawk Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blackhawk Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #423 of 768 in Illinois. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,533 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Blackhawk Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Blackhawk Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Blackhawk Township next to U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700: 1,409th of 2,806 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Winnetka IL | 12,518 | $250K | 1.6% | 3.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,407 | Swanzey NH | 7,461 | $82K | 7.8% | 3.1% | 10% | B |
| 1,408 | Steilacoom WA | 6,648 | $101K | 11.1% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,409 | Blackhawk Township IL | 9,423 | $65K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,410 | German Township IN | 7,491 | $81K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,411 | Broadview Park FL | 7,119 | $74K | 18.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Blackhawk Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
23% of Blackhawk Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Davenport (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blackhawk Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk Township | – | B | B+ | 23 min | $65,414 |
| South Rock Island Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $69,711 |
| Milan | 7% | B | A− | 22 min | $62,597 |
| Coal Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bowling Township | under 2% | B | D | 22 min | $101,350 |
| Andalusia Township | under 2% | A | D | 21 min | $93,333 |
| South Moline Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $67,829 |
| Oak Grove | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Rural Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Edgington Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $85,203 |
Same-state neighbors only. Coal Valley Township: not graded. Oak Grove and Rural Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blackhawk 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 Blackhawk Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blackhawk Township?
$65,414 (±$9,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blackhawk Township?
12.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blackhawk Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blackhawk Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Island (20%, 2 mi), Davenport (16%, 8 mi), Moline (14%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blackhawk Township walkable?
Blackhawk Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blackhawk Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blackhawk Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blackhawk 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.