Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lynch works elsewhere
Home is the office for 2% of workers, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. Lynch has 22 jobs for 143 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lynch for work; outside it, Cumberland is the main destination (6%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lynch on a workday afternoon
On a workday 143 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Lynch on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lynch: the destinations
Where Lynch clocks in
6% 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 Lynch’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynch, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 22. 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 Lynch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lynch, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynch workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Lynch commutes
About 52% 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.
Lynch and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynch | – | — | — | 33 min | $30,114 |
| Benham | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lynch’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 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 Lynch: questions
What is the median household income in Lynch?
$30,114 (±$4,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynch?
36.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynch?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (6%, 5 mi), Corbin (6%, 66 mi), Lexington (6%, 113 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lynch without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lynch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynch
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.