Most of Lynn Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Lynn Township has 46 jobs, and 437 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Lynn Township are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lynn Township stands out on work
Lynn Township is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Lynn Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lynn Township has about 720 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lynn Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lynn Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 437 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Lynn Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Lynn Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lynn Township’s grade up ($72,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Lynn Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lynn Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Lynn Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Lynn Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2021, primary jobs.
From Lynn Township, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynn Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
9% of working residents work in Yale
Where Lynn Township clocks in
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.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Lynn Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynn Township, 2011 → 2021: 26 → 46. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lynn Township works
About 16% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Lynn Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lynn Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lynn Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 413 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Lynn Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lynn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lynn Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,468th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,466 | Renville MN | 1,268 | $69K | 13.1% | 5.3% | 13% | C− |
| 2,467 | Independence WI | 1,487 | $58K | 10.4% | 3.8% | 5% | C− |
| 2,468 | Lynn Township MI | 1,113 | $73K | 12.8% | 4.6% | <1% | C− |
| 2,469 | Trumbull Township OH | 1,363 | $56K | 13.4% | 0.0% | 6% | C− |
| 2,470 | Rockland Township PA | 1,215 | $53K | 7.1% | 2.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Lynn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Lynn Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Township | – | C− | D− | 41 min | $72,500 |
| Brockway Township | under 3% | C | C− | 41 min | $81,813 |
| Mussey Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 39 min | $66,350 |
| Maple Valley Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 36 min | $60,938 |
| Goodland Township | under 3% | B | D | 46 min | $108,063 |
| Speaker Township | under 3% | D | C− | 35 min | $54,074 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lynn Township?
$72,500 (±$18,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynn Township?
12.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynn Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynn Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yale (9%, 7 mi), Port Huron (5%, 27 mi), Clinton Township (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lynn Township walkable?
Lynn Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lynn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.
More of Lynn Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.