Flora TownshipIL
A town of 3,011.
Is Flora Township a good place to live?
Flora Township earns a D−, 755th of 767 graded towns in Illinois, mostly because of schools and incomes. Its public schools trail 78% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. The median household income is $54K, and 16% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Homes are expensive, about $153K for a typical one and 2.3 times the Rockford metro’s $68K median household income. Flora Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns.
What makes Flora Township stand out
Where Flora Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 2,883 people come to Flora Township for work
Where Flora Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Flora Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Flora Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Flora Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Flora Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Flora Township.
Flora Township draws workers from Rockford and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Most working residents commute out of Flora Township
2,920 jobs are based in Flora Township, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here fell from 5,929 in 2013 to 2,920.
Most working residents leave Flora Township for work: only 4% work in town. At $54,000, Flora Township’s median household income is against $83,000 in Illinois’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Flora Township has lost 3,009 jobs, to 2,920 in 2023.
| Flora Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flora Prairie Nature Preserve | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Flora Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Flora Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 13° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Flora Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Flora Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Flora Township ranks healthier than 51% of the country’s towns
Against the 7,009 U.S. towns with household incomes like Flora Township’s, it is healthier than 85%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Flora Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 11% of Flora Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, where Illinois’ towns sit at 7.9% and U.S. towns at 8.1%. 12% of adults have diabetes in Flora Township.
| Flora Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Flora Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 6.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.6% |
| More adults with arthritis | 28.3% | 24.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Illinois Railway Museum and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Flora Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MuseumIllinois Railway Museum
11 mi Stadium & arenaBMO Center
10 mi GardenAnderson Japanese Gardens
20 mi TheatreEgyptian Theatre, DeKalb
40 mi National Historic SiteRonald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site
33 mi Theme parkSanta's Village Amusement & Water ParkPhoto credits
Illinois Railway Museum: The original uploader was Slambo at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · BMO Center: SimLibrarian, CC0 · Anderson Japanese Gardens: M. Readey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb: Andy McMurray, CC BY 2.5 · Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park: Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Flora Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Flora Township
About 3 of every 100 Flora Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
About Flora Township
Township in Illinois, United States
Flora Township is one of nine townships in Boone County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,994 and it contained 1,217 housing units. Flora Township was originally named Fairfield on November 6, 1849, but was changed to Burton in April, 1851, and then changed again to Flora in October, 1851.
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- Area
- 37 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Flora Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Flora Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flora Township | #755 | D− | C− | — | C− | B− |
| Belvidere Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spring Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cherry Valley Township | #720 | D | C+ | — | D | C+ |
| Franklin Township | — | — | B | — | C+ | B |
Franklin Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Flora Township, Cherry Valley Township and Franklin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Belvidere Township and Spring Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Flora Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Flora Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Flora Township, IL a good place to live?
Flora Township grades D− overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #755 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Flora Township, IL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.