Columbus draws about half of Blacklick Estates’ working residents
Hardly any stay in Blacklick Estates for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (47%, 8 miles). Blacklick Estates grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Blacklick Estates in brief
Blacklick Estates is a place people come home to
There are 554 jobs based in Blacklick Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blacklick Estates has about 4,600 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Blacklick Estates’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blacklick Estates is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #695 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Blacklick Estates’ grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blacklick Estates could be anywhere from C to B+.
Where Blacklick Estates goes to work
Where Blacklick Estates clocks in
47% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Who leaves Blacklick Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,354 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Blacklick Estates on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Blacklick Estates
554 jobs are based in Blacklick Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blacklick Estates, 2013 → 2023: 548 → 554. 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 Blacklick Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Blacklick Estates: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blacklick Estates workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,473 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The distance from Blacklick Estates 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.
In Blacklick Estates, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blacklick Estates is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #273 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,691 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 2.7% of Blacklick Estates households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Blacklick Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Blacklick Estates is 1,903rd of 2,947 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,901 | Morro Bay CA | 10,613 | $96K | 8.4% | 8.0% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,902 | Cody WY | 10,377 | $73K | 9.5% | 3.4% | 66% | C+ |
| 1,903 | Blacklick Estates OH | 8,389 | $69K | 12.7% | 7.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,904 | University of Virginia VA | 9,065 | $53K | 23.8% | 10.9% | 22% | C+ |
| 1,905 | Warr Acres OK | 10,552 | $53K | 19.0% | 3.7% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | 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 Blacklick Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Blacklick Estates
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blacklick Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Estates | – | C+ | B | 21 min | $69,368 |
| Truro Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 24 min | $65,999 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blacklick Estates’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 Blacklick Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Blacklick Estates?
$69,368 (±$9,445) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blacklick Estates?
12.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blacklick Estates?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blacklick Estates work?
1% work in town.
Is Blacklick Estates walkable?
Blacklick Estates is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blacklick Estates without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blacklick Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blacklick Estates
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.