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Jobs & commute in Lynn Township

Lynn Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. There are 9 jobs in Lynn Township; 116 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lynn Township; the top destination outside it is Galesburg (12%, 20 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

9 jobs based here
Household income
$45K
median · Illinois $83K
Poverty
12.0%
Illinois 11.8%
Unemployment
0.0%
Illinois 5.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 116 working residents
Work from home
0%
Illinois 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who commutes out of Lynn Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

116live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night260
Workday150
260live here− 120head out to work+ 9come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Lynn Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Lynn Township goes to work

Bradford: 2 residents work here (2%)Oneida: 4 residents work here (3%)Woodhull: 6 residents work here (5%)Kewanee: 4 residents work here (3%)Peru: 3 residents work here (3%)Galesburg: 14 residents work here (12%)Moline: 3 residents work here (3%)Homer GlenPeoria: 6 residents work here (5%)Davenport: 3 residents work here (3%)Galva TownshipGoshen TownshipLynn TownshipCopley Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Victoria TownshipWalnut Grove TownshipIsabel TownshipGalesburgWoodhullPeoriaOneidaKewaneeCopley TownshipLynn Township
1
Galesburg20.1 mi away
12%14
2
Woodhull15.9 mi away
5%6
3
Peoria32.2 mi away
5%6
4
Oneida9.8 mi away
3%4
5
Kewanee11.8 mi away
3%4
6
Copley Township7.4 mi away
3%4
7
Peru50.2 mi away
3%3
8
Moline35.9 mi away
3%3
9
Davenport, IA43.5 mi away
3%3
10
Bradford20.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%67
The top trips

Where Lynn Township clocks in

12% of workers
20.1 mi awayGalesburg14 Lynn Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Woodhull
5% of workers
15.9 mi awayWoodhull6 Lynn Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Peoria
5% of workers
32.2 mi awayPeoria6 Lynn Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 67% of jobs based in Lynn Township

Jobs based in Lynn TownshipJobs Lynn Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms67%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices33%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%29%
Over $3,333 a month44%58%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 5433%50%
55 and older67%32%
−91%

Jobs based in Lynn Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 9. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Lynn Township

Working from home
0%

of Lynn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Lynn Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 37 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

Where in the region Lynn Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miGalesburg: 12% · 20.1 miWoodhull: 5% · 15.9 miPeoria: 5% · 32.2 miOneida: 3% · 9.8 miKewanee: 3% · 11.8 miCopley Township: 3% · 7.4 miPeru: 3% · 50.2 miMoline: 3% · 35.9 miDavenport: 3% · 43.5 miBradford: 2% · 20.7 miGalesburg 12%Woodhull 5%Peoria 5%Oneida 3%Kewanee 3%Lynn Township
Lynn TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi17 residents
30%10–24 mi35 residents
27%25–50 mi31 residents
28%Over 50 mi33 residents

About 28% 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.

Next door

Lynn Township and its neighbors

Victoria Township: few work hereWalnut Grove Township: few work hereGalva Township: few work hereGoshen Township: few work hereVictoria TownshipWalnut Grove TownshipGalva TownshipGoshen TownshipLynn Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Galva Township22 min
Goshen Township24 min
Walnut Grove Township25 min
Victoria Township37 min
Victoria Townshipunder 2% of Lynn TownshipWalnut Grove Townshipunder 2% of Lynn TownshipGalva Townshipunder 2% of Lynn TownshipGoshen Townshipunder 2% of Lynn Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownLynn Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lynn Township–———$44,750
Victoria Townshipunder 2%——37 min—
Walnut Grove Townshipunder 2%——25 min—
Galva Townshipunder 2%——22 min—
Goshen Townshipunder 2%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Victoria Township, Walnut Grove Township and Goshen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Galva Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lynn Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lynn Township: questions

What is the median household income in Lynn Township?

$44,750 (±$2,075) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lynn Township?

12.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Lynn Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galesburg (12%, 20 mi), Woodhull (5%, 16 mi), Peoria (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lynn Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lynn Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Lynn Township

Lynn Township home →
HandbookGetting around Lynn TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in ILShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.