Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lyman commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lyman itself; outside it, Littleton draws the most (21%, 9 miles). 17 jobs are based in Lyman, against 261 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lyman: the gist
Lyman is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Lyman, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lyman has about 340 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lyman workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lyman on a workday
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Lyman on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The trip to work from Lyman: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyman workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Where Lyman’s working residents head each day
Where Lyman clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 17. 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 Lyman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Lyman
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.
Work next door: 15% of Lyman’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lisbon (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lyman’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 Lyman: questions
What is the median household income in Lyman?
$71,042 (±$16,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyman?
14.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyman?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Littleton (21%, 9 mi), Lisbon (12%, 4 mi), Haverhill (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyman 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 Lyman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyman
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.