Lynn Center at work: jobs, income and the commute
0% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Hardly any stay in Lynn Center for work; outside it, Moline is the main destination (15%, 15 miles). Lynn Center has 23 jobs for 40 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lynn Center, and who commutes in
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19 people are in Lynn Center on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Where Lynn Center goes to work
Where Lynn Center clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Lynn Center works in goods: 39% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynn Center, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 23. 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 Lynn Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lynn Center
of Lynn Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% 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 it is to work from Lynn Center
About 18% 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.
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 Lynn Center: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lynn Center?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lynn Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moline (15%, 15 mi), Rock Island (10%, 17 mi), East Moline (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lynn Center 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 Lynn Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynn Center
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.