Blackburn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Blackburn has 13 jobs, against 85 working residents. Only 1% work in Blackburn; the top destination outside it is Marshall (15%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes; Missouri averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Blackburn for work, and who comes in
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Blackburn on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer 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.
Where Blackburn goes to work
Where Blackburn clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
77% of the jobs in Blackburn make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blackburn, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 13. 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 Blackburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Blackburn takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blackburn workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Blackburn commutes less than 16 miles
About 31% 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 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 Blackburn: questions
What is the median household income in Blackburn?
$82,500 (±$41,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blackburn?
7.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blackburn?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blackburn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (15%, 15 mi), Sweet Springs (13%, 10 mi), Kansas City (11%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blackburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blackburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blackburn
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.