Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5More people are out of work in Flagg Township (7.2%) than in 84% of U.S. towns
7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Flagg Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in four stay in Flagg Township for work; outside it, Rochelle is the main destination (34%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Flagg Township: the gist
Flagg Township and Rochelle trade workers both ways
Rochelle is the top workplace for Flagg Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Flagg Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Flagg Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Flagg Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Flagg Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Flagg Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Flagg Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flagg Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #525 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate holds Flagg Township’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flagg Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Where Flagg Township goes to work
Where Flagg Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
41% of the jobs in Flagg Township make or build things
3,839 jobs are based in Flagg Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flagg Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,618 → 3,839. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flagg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Flagg Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flagg Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,183 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Flagg Township
On a workday 3,667 residents head out to work, 1,424 work right here, and 2,415 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Flagg Township
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Flagg Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flagg Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #627 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Flagg Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Flagg Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flagg Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Flagg Township ranks: 1,659th of 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 24 | Western Springs IL | 13,588 | $230K | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 38 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 40 | Riverside Township IL | 16,083 | $122K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,657 | Westview FL | 12,107 | $58K | 20.9% | 3.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,658 | Millbrook AL | 17,623 | $70K | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6% | B− |
| 1,659 | Flagg Township IL | 13,335 | $74K | 7.1% | 7.2% | 28% | B− |
| 1,660 | Tuscumbia AL | 9,332 | $59K | 18.6% | 1.7% | 9% | B− |
| 1,661 | Shepherdsville KY | 14,931 | $71K | 21.5% | 4.2% | 15% | B− |
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| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Flagg Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
36% of Flagg Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flagg Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagg Township | – | B− | C+ | 22 min | $74,423 |
| Dement Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Reynolds Township | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rochelle | 34% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $66,307 |
| White Rock Township | under 1% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Hillcrest | 2% | B | C | 21 min | $80,568 |
| Lafayette Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dement Township, Reynolds Township and Lafayette Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. White Rock Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rochelle. Darker towns draw more of Flagg Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Flagg Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flagg Township?
$74,423 (±$10,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flagg Township?
7.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flagg Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flagg Township work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochelle (34%, 3 mi), Rockford (7%, 22 mi), Chicago (5%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flagg Township walkable?
Flagg Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flagg Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flagg Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flagg Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.