Birdsey D. Minkler House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Lyman has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers, where Washington as a whole has 20%. There are 30 jobs in Lyman; 158 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lyman; the top destination outside it is Sedro-Woolley (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Lyman on a workday
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Lyman on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where people from Lyman work
Where Lyman clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Lyman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 30. 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.
Lyman’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyman workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% 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 it is to work from Lyman
About 25% 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.
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?
$86,875 (±$44,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyman?
9.8%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyman?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sedro-Woolley (19%, 8 mi), Mount Vernon (11%, 14 mi), Seattle (7%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyman without a car?
1% 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 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.