Photo: IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Lyndon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Lyndon Township has 117 jobs, against 398 working residents. Only 2% work in Lyndon Township; the top destination outside it is Erie (9%, 10 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lyndon Township: the gist
Lyndon Township by day and by night
On a workday 392 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Lyndon Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where Lyndon Township goes to work
Where Lyndon Township clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
What Lyndon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndon Township, 2014 → 2024: 127 → 117. 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 Lyndon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lyndon Township, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyndon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lyndon Township
About 22% 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.
The towns around Lyndon Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $64,375 |
| Prophetstown Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 28 min | $68,618 |
| Hume Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 3% | B | B | 20 min | $74,185 |
| Fenton Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hopkins Township | under 3% | B− | C | 36 min | $97,075 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hume Township and Fenton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyndon 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 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 Lyndon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lyndon Township?
$64,375 (±$11,094) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyndon Township?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyndon Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyndon Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erie (9%, 10 mi), Clinton (6%, 19 mi), Prophetstown (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lyndon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyndon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndon Township
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.