Work & commute · Flora

Work & commute in Flora, IL

About one in 3 of Flora’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salem (6%), Effingham (5%) and Louisville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

704 of 1,854 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 1,150 Flora residents head out of town to work, 704 work right here, and 2,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flora.

1,150live here, work elsewhere

704live and work here

2,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flora goes to work

Flora (in town)right here

38%704

Salem26.3 mi away

6%111

Effingham31.7 mi away

5%86

Louisville7.4 mi away

4%78

Olney21.4 mi away

2%42

Clay City6.9 mi away

2%34

Mount Vernon34.1 mi away

2%32

Springfield99.9 mi away

2%30

Paris77.9 mi away

2%28

Chicago223 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%682

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.

47%

18%

27%

47%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flora is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flora are

2,915 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

2,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Flora residents hold

1,854 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−2%

Jobs based in Flora, 2013 → 2023: 2,980 → 2,915. 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.