Work & commute · Flat Rock

Work & commute in Flat Rock, IL

Most working residents leave Flat Rock for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Robinson (42%), Robinson (8%) and Chicago (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 128 Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Rock.

128live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Rock goes to work

Robinson7.9 mi away

42%54

Robinson8.7 mi away

8%10

Chicago202.7 mi away

4%5

Oblong14.4 mi away

3%4

Vincennes, IN18 mi away

3%4

Terre Haute, IN41.9 mi away

2%3

Honey Creek3.2 mi away

2%3

Hutsonville14.7 mi away

2%2

Montgomery4.3 mi away

2%2

Vincennes, IN19.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%39

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

How far

How far Flat Rock commutes

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

54%

15%

10%

21%

54%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Rock 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 Rock are

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

Jobs based in Flat Rock

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Flat Rock residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+39%

Jobs based in Flat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 32. 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.