Lyndon has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Lyndon itself; outside it, Mauston draws the most (14%, 14 miles). Employers in Lyndon report 104 jobs, against 584 working residents. For jobs and income Lyndon is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lyndon
Lyndon is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Lyndon, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lyndon has about 1,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lyndon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 584 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Lyndon’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lyndon’s grade.
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Lyndon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lyndon could be anywhere from D to C.
In and out of Lyndon on a workday
On a workday 574 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Lyndon on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Lyndon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyndon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 410 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Where the trip to work from Lyndon ends
Where Lyndon clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lyndon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndon, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 104. 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 Lyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Lyndon commutes
About 23% 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.
Lyndon is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 443 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). 5.8% of Lyndon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lyndon’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lyndon ranks: 4,244th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,242 | Springfield SD | 1,926 | $56K | 7.0% | 5.9% | 15% | C− |
| 4,243 | Pine Bluffs WY | 1,111 | $68K | 10.6% | 0.7% | 12% | C− |
| 4,244 | Lyndon WI | 1,493 | $62K | 14.9% | 6.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,245 | Saybrook-on-the-Lake OH | 1,001 | $49K | 11.3% | 4.7% | 0% | C− |
| 4,246 | Ruch OR | 1,151 | $84K | 15.8% | 0.0% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Lyndon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Lyndon
The biggest share goes to Wisconsin Dells (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon | – | C− | C | 29 min | $62,188 |
| Wisconsin Dells | 6% | C− | A− | 22 min | $54,688 |
| Dell Prairie | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $88,516 |
| Kildare | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dellona | under 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $103,043 |
| Lyndon Station | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Delton | 3% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $87,299 |
| Seven Mile Creek | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kildare, Lyndon Station and Seven Mile Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyndon’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 Lyndon: questions
What is the median household income in Lyndon?
$62,188 (±$5,158) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyndon?
14.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyndon?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyndon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (14%, 14 mi), Reedsburg (9%, 11 mi), Lake Delton (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyndon walkable?
Lyndon is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyndon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyndon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndon
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. 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.