Flint Township has 3.5 jobs for every working resident: 87 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Illinois has 16%. 87 jobs are based in Flint Township, and 25 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Flint Township; the top destination outside it is Griggsville (12%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Flint Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 25 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 160 people are in Flint Township on a workday afternoon, 67% more 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.
Where the people who work in Flint Township live
Where Flint Township clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Flint Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flint Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 87. 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 Flint Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Flint Township
of Flint Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% 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 Flint Township goes to work
About 32% 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.
Flint Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flint Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Griggsville Township | under 4% | D− | C+ | 23 min | $43,750 |
| Chambersburg Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Detroit Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Valley City | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Newburg Township | under 4% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chambersburg Township, Detroit Township and Valley City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Newburg Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flint 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 Flint Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Flint Township?
50.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flint Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Griggsville (12%, 3 mi), Springfield (12%, 55 mi), Mount Sterling (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flint Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flint Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flint 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.