Work & commute · Flanagan

Work & commute in Flanagan, IL

Most working residents leave Flanagan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pontiac (13%), Bloomington (8%) and Normal (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 384 Flanagan residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flanagan.

384live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flanagan goes to work

Pontiac11.4 mi away

13%52

Bloomington28.4 mi away

8%31

Normal25.7 mi away

5%19

Chicago90 mi away

4%15

Flanagan (in town)right here

3%11

Nebraska1.3 mi away

3%10

Streator17.2 mi away

2%9

Reading12.9 mi away

2%9

Peoria40.6 mi away

2%8

Rooks Creek5.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%223

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

How far

How far Flanagan commutes

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

14%

30%

21%

35%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flanagan is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Flanagan are

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

Jobs based in Flanagan

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Flanagan residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−28%

Jobs based in Flanagan, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 178. 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.