With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lynn Township works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota. Lynn Township has 70 jobs; 240 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 19 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lynn Township and work: the main findings
Lynn Township and Hutchinson trade workers both ways
Hutchinson is the top workplace for Lynn Township residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Lynn Township come from (37% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lynn Township is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Lynn Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lynn Township has about 350 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
42% of working residents work in Hutchinson
Where Lynn Township clocks in
42% of workers
6% 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.
In and out of Lynn Township on a workday
On a workday 240 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Lynn Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Jobs in Lynn Township: what the 70 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynn Township, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 70. 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.
About 19 minutes to work from Lynn Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynn Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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 Lynn Township’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 42% of Lynn Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $102,500 |
| Hutchinson | 42% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $72,836 |
| Collins Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Acoma Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 21 min | $126,250 |
| Boon Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Collins Township and Boon Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hutchinson. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lynn Township?
$102,500 (±$10,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynn Township?
2.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynn Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynn Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hutchinson (42%, 4 mi), Glencoe (6%, 15 mi), Willmar (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lynn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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), 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.