Bruce, James, Round Barn · Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Household incomes in Florence Township are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. Jobs and income earn Florence Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% stay in Florence Township for work; outside it, Freeport is the main destination (32%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Florence Township in brief
Florence Township and Freeport trade workers both ways
Freeport is the top workplace for Florence Township residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Florence Township come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Florence Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Florence Township
63% of Florence Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Florence Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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; with 570 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Florence Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Florence Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Florence Township’s grade up ($90,698, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (17.0%) is left out: Florence Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Florence Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Where Florence Township goes to work
Where Florence Township clocks in
32% of workers
7% 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Florence Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Florence Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 609 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.
Florence Township is a services town
420 jobs are based in Florence Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Florence Township, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 420. 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 Florence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Florence Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 559 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Florence Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Florence Township
About 27% 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.
Most trips from Florence Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Florence Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 640 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). 0.9% of Florence Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Florence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Florence Township ranks: 1,372nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,370 | Yoe PA | 1,058 | $59K | 10.8% | 4.7% | 0% | B− |
| 1,371 | Orion Township IL | 1,120 | $69K | 5.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| 1,372 | Florence Township IL | 1,134 | $91K | 11.8% | 17.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,373 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 1,295 | $61K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,374 | Forestport NY | 1,488 | $73K | 4.7% | 0.7% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Florence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work next door: 36% of Florence Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Florence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Township | – | B− | C | 17 min | $90,698 |
| Freeport | 32% | C− | B+ | 16 min | $51,723 |
| Freeport Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Loran Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $73,000 |
| Silver Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Harlem Township | 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $95,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Freeport Township: not graded. Silver Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Freeport. Darker towns draw more of Florence 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 Florence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Florence Township?
$90,698 (±$13,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Florence Township?
11.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Florence Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Florence Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeport (32%, 4 mi), Rockford (7%, 32 mi), Chicago (4%, 107 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Florence Township walkable?
Florence Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Florence Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Florence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Florence 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.