Most of East Lynn commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 3 jobs are based in East Lynn, against 45 working residents. Hardly any work in East Lynn; the top destination outside it is Hoopeston (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
East Lynn on a workday afternoon
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in East Lynn on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ East Lynn’s residents
Where East Lynn clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
100% of the jobs in East Lynn make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Lynn, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Lynn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in East Lynn
of East Lynn workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 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 East Lynn’s workers travel
About 38% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 East Lynn: questions
What is the median household income in East Lynn?
$243,544 (±$436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Lynn?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in East Lynn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hoopeston (13%, 7 mi), Danville (9%, 24 mi), Paxton (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Lynn 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 East Lynn, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Lynn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.