Work & commute · Flora

Work & commute in Flora, IL

Most working residents leave Flora for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockford (20%), Belvidere (15%) and Chicago (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,055 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,018 Flora residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 2,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flora.

1,018live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

2,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flora goes to work

Rockford9.6 mi away

20%214

Belvidere4.1 mi away

15%160

Chicago66.9 mi away

7%69

Loves Park10.6 mi away

3%34

Marengo15.3 mi away

2%23

Union17.8 mi away

2%21

Machesney Park13.1 mi away

2%16

Belvidere5.2 mi away

2%16

Hampshire20.7 mi away

1%15

Elgin31.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%473

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

How far

How far Flora commutes

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

30%

29%

18%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flora is a job hub

2.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flora are

2,920 jobs are based in Flora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flora

2,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Flora residents hold

1,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−51%

Jobs based in Flora, 2013 → 2023: 5,929 → 2,920. 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.