Work & commute · Flat Branch

Work & commute in Flat Branch, IL

Most working residents leave Flat Branch for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (21%), Moweaqua (9%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 218 Flat Branch residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Branch.

218live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Branch goes to work

Decatur20.6 mi away

21%47

Moweaqua5.3 mi away

9%20

Springfield39.2 mi away

4%9

Findlay11.8 mi away

3%7

Mattoon32.9 mi away

3%7

Assumption5 mi away

3%6

Normal66.4 mi away

2%5

Bloomington63.3 mi away

2%5

Chicago171.2 mi away

2%5

Pana13 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%104

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

How far

How far Flat Branch commutes

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

14%

40%

16%

30%

14%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Branch is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Branch are

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

Jobs based in Flat Branch

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Flat Branch residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+90%

Jobs based in Flat Branch, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 55. 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.