Camden State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Marshall for about half of Lyons Township’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Lyons Township for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (45%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Lyons Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Lyons Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Lyons Township commutes to
Where Lyons Township clocks in
45% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Lyons Township
6 jobs are based in Lyons Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyons Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Lyons Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyons Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 commuters (the 25% 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 many miles Lyons Township commutes
About 21% 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.
Lyons Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Russell (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyons Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $122,500 |
| Russell | 7% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Lynd Township | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Sodus Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rock Lake Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Coon Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Russell, Lynd Township, Sodus Township, Rock Lake Township and Coon Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyons 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 Lyons Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lyons Township?
$122,500 (±$66,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyons Township?
2.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyons Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyons Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Lyons Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyons Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyons 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.