Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBlacklick Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 40% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 30 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Blacklick Township; the top destination outside it is Cambria Township (7%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Blacklick Township, in brief
What’s behind Blacklick Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Blacklick Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Blacklick Township’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($57,250, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Blacklick Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Blacklick Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Blacklick Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 725 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Blacklick Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
7% of working residents work in Cambria Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Blacklick Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 147 jobs in Blacklick Township are
147 jobs are based in Blacklick Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blacklick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blacklick Township, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 147. 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blacklick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 687 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Blacklick Township commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 25% 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.
Most trips from Blacklick Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blacklick Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 721 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). 1.5% of Blacklick Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Blacklick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Blacklick Township is 2,807th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Blacklick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,805 | New Buffalo MI | 1,685 | $65K | 12.7% | 1.5% | 17% | C+ |
| 2,806 | Porter Township PA | 1,539 | $74K | 13.0% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,807 | Blacklick Township PA | 1,831 | $57K | 5.4% | 3.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,808 | Marlboro VT | 1,776 | $77K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,809 | Waimea HI | 1,840 | $89K | 8.5% | 1.3% | 15% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
11% of Blacklick Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Cambria Township (7%). Darker towns draw more of Blacklick Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blacklick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacklick Township | – | C+ | D | 30 min | $57,250 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 31 min | $81,414 |
| Barr Township | under 3% | B | B− | 28 min | $78,036 |
| Vintondale | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Nanty-Glo | 4% | C | A− | 28 min | $51,604 |
| Cambria Township | 7% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $72,822 |
Same-state neighbors only. Vintondale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blacklick Township?
$57,250 (±$9,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blacklick Township?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blacklick Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blacklick Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambria Township (7%, 5 mi), Johnstown (6%, 14 mi), Altoona (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blacklick Township walkable?
Blacklick Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blacklick Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blacklick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blacklick 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.