Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Lynnfield earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 27% of workers; Massachusetts has 19%. Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents, where Massachusetts as a whole has 10.0%. Lynnfield grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lynnfield apart
Lynnfield trades workers with the towns around it
Lynnfield has about as many jobs (5,781) as working residents (5,812), but they are mostly different people: 5,394 residents leave for work each day while 5,363 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Lynnfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lynnfield draws workers from far and wide
The 5,781 jobs in Lynnfield are filled from a wide area. Lynnfield’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Lynnfield
27% of Lynnfield workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Lynnfield workers earn over $40,000 a year
77% of Lynnfield’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Lynnfield: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lynnfield is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #32 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income is its strongest input ($175,265, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lynnfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Lynnfield
On a workday 5,394 residents head out to work, 418 work right here, and 5,363 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
23% of working residents work in Boston
Where Lynnfield clocks in
23% of workers
3% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynnfield workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,575 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What work there is in Lynnfield: 5,781 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynnfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,536 → 5,781. 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 Lynnfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lynnfield goes to work
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.
Most of Lynnfield commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lynnfield is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #168 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,299 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Lynnfield households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Lynnfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lynnfield places 199th of 2,526 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 19 | Weston MA | 11,729 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Norwell MA | 11,546 | $189K | 2.7% | 1.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Westwood MA | 16,426 | $223K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Sharon Township OH | 16,863 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 7% | A+ |
| 198 | Lower Gwynedd Township PA | 12,290 | $140K | 3.3% | 3.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 199 | Lynnfield MA | 13,274 | $175K | 6.0% | 3.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 200 | Scioto Township OH | 11,677 | $95K | 3.1% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 201 | St. Anthony MN | 9,989 | $97K | 6.9% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lynnfield, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Lynnfield and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Wakefield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynnfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynnfield | – | A+ | B+ | 32 min | $175,265 |
| Wakefield | 3% | A | A+ | 33 min | $134,306 |
| North Reading | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 34 min | $147,768 |
| Lynn | 3% | B | A+ | 32 min | $75,043 |
| Peabody | 3% | A− | A− | 26 min | $96,657 |
| Reading | under 3% | A+ | A | 31 min | $165,912 |
| Saugus | under 3% | A | A | 30 min | $101,539 |
| Middleton | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $167,402 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lynnfield’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 Lynnfield: questions
What is the median household income in Lynnfield?
$175,265 (±$23,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynnfield?
6.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynnfield?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynnfield work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boston (23%, 14 mi), Woburn (4%, 7 mi), Peabody (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lynnfield walkable?
Lynnfield is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lynnfield without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lynnfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynnfield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.