Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Flat Rock has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Flat Rock for work; outside it, Robinson is the main destination (42%, 8 miles). There are 32 jobs in Flat Rock, and 128 of its residents work somewhere. 6% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Flat Rock on a workday
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Flat Rock on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Flat Rock to work: where people go
Where Flat Rock clocks in
42% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Flat Rock: what the 32 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Flat Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Flat Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flat Rock workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Flat Rock’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
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 Flat Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Flat Rock?
$51,667 (±$24,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flat Rock?
11.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flat Rock?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flat Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Robinson (42%, 8 mi), Robinson Township (8%, 9 mi), Chicago (4%, 203 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flat Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flat Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flat Rock
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.