Work & commute · Flagg

Work & commute in Flagg, IL

About one in 4 of Flagg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rochelle (34%), Rockford (7%) and Chicago (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,424 of 5,091 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,667 Flagg residents head out of town to work, 1,424 work right here, and 2,415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flagg.

3,667live here, work elsewhere

1,424live and work here

2,415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flagg goes to work

Rochelle2.9 mi away

34%1,746

Rockford22.5 mi away

7%376

Chicago73.9 mi away

5%252

DeKalb19 mi away

4%215

Ashton7.3 mi away

2%104

Hillcrest3.5 mi away

2%80

Oregon12.5 mi away

2%79

Dixon19.7 mi away

1%70

Belvidere25.6 mi away

1%48

Freeport36.1 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,081

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Flagg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

41%

20%

14%

26%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flagg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flagg are

3,839 jobs are based in Flagg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flagg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flagg

3,839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Flagg residents hold

5,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Flagg, 2013 → 2023: 3,618 → 3,839. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.