Work & commute · Flint

Work & commute in Flint, IL

Most working residents leave Flint for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Griggsville (12%), Springfield (12%) and Mount Sterling (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 25 Flint residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flint.

25live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flint goes to work

Griggsville3.2 mi away

12%3

Springfield54.6 mi away

12%3

Mount Sterling19.3 mi away

8%2

Pittsfield11 mi away

8%2

Jacksonville23.2 mi away

8%2

Perry6.2 mi away

4%1

East Hazel Crest203.8 mi away

4%1

Petersburg48.3 mi away

4%1

Pana86.9 mi away

4%1

Niles218.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%8

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

How far

How far Flint commutes

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

32%

20%

16%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flint is a job hub

3.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Flint are

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

Jobs based in Flint

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Flint residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+4250%

Jobs based in Flint, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 87. 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.