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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-FLOSSMOOR-IL · Flossmoor, IL 9,666 pop · income 92nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Flossmoor
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Flossmoor on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Jennings · lowest
45,194
Jennings · lowest
45,194 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #1
Dash Point · near
137,721
Dash Point · near
137,721 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Helena Valley… · near
137,724
Helena Valley… · near
137,724 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Flossmoor · this city
137,768
Flossmoor · this city
137,768 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Arnold · near
137,799
Arnold · near
137,799 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Red Oaks Mill · near
137,813
Red Oaks Mill · near
137,813 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Edgewater · highest
137,847
Edgewater · highest
137,847 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Flossmoor on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,666.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Flossmoor - the verdict
Nationally, Flossmoor sits in the 92nd percentile for household income and the 18th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
92nd
percentile, household income
66th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
18th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Flossmoor, IL
Illinois's Flossmoor is a small town, with 9,666 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Flossmoor brings in $137,768 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.1%. Home values in Flossmoor run a median of $309,100, and the median resident age is 44.2 years. 67.0% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 1 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity). Flossmoor's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2818.3 incidents per 100,000 residents, above the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,063 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 54.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Flossmoor's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Flossmoor, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Flossmoor?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Sauk Village (9,724 residents, $56,946 income); Mahomet (9,755 residents, $114,904 income); Frankfort Square (9,777 residents, $126,953 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Picture Rocks, AZ (9,665 residents); Canal Winchester, OH (9,659 residents); Hillsborough, NC (9,656 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Flossmoor growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -288 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the education layer cover for Flossmoor?
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 67.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Flossmoor?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2818.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 24% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Flossmoor?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 45.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
14.5%
Work from home
33.7%
Drive alone
45.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,546 workers age 16+.
How far does income reach against housing in Flossmoor?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Household income
$137,768
Home value
$309,100
Value / income
2.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Top-decile income · poverty 1.1% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
A-
City profile score · Flossmoor, IL
80/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
67.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$137,768
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
1.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime A-
66 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Flossmoor profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 96/100 (A+) · 67.0%
Household income: 92/100 (A+) · $137,768
Poverty rate: 92/100 (A+) · 1.1%
Violent crime: 80/100 (A-) · 66 /100k
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Flossmoor sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Flossmoor's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Flossmoor highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Flossmoor, IL (this city): home $309,100, crime 2,818/100k
Hillsborough, NC : home $430,100, crime 4,904/100k
Brewer, ME : home $218,100, crime 1,836/100k
Jennings, LA : home $140,800, crime 4,355/100k
Canonsburg, PA : home $192,100, crime 271/100k
Sauk Village, IL : home $101,900, crime 1,742/100k
Mahomet, IL : home $293,200, crime 437/100k
Itasca, IL : home $375,600, crime 797/100k
How does Flossmoor compare to other US cities?
Where Flossmoor sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value66% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety18% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Illinois and the picture shifts: Flossmoor ranks #405 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Flossmoor against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Flossmoor near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Flossmoor ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Flossmoor only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#68 of 1,311
95th percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#142 of 1,315
89th percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#1,202 of 1,335
10th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#46 of 1,336
97th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
92nd percentile nationally for median household income · 18th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Flossmoor's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Flossmoor's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Flossmoor's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$309,10034th percentilemore affordable than 34% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Flossmoor's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#2,676 of 15,516
More affordable than 83% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,491 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.2×, Flossmoor sits in the affordable band:
national rank #2,676 of 15,516 and #2,491 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$137,768Flossmoor, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Flossmoor, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Flossmoor, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)67.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,666
Median Income
$137,768
Median Home Value
$309,100
Median Age
44.2
Poverty Rate
1.1%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
67.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2818.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
65.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2752.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Flossmoor's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,646 residents
2021
9,469 residents
2022
9,332 residents
2023
9,317 residents
2024
9,376 residents
2025
9,358 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
1
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
1
1
0
$0.3M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
3
3
0
$1.5M
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
1
1
0
$0.3M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
45.4%
Carpool
6.0%
Public Transit
14.5%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
33.7%
Based on 4,546 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Flossmoor. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Flossmoor is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Flossmoor sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Flossmoor compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.