Work, pay and getting to work in Lynn
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 28% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Only 5% work in Lynn itself; outside it, Neillsville draws the most (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Lynn by day
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
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 Lynn’s working residents head each day
Where Lynn clocks in
Lines 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 Lynn, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
168 jobs are based in Lynn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lynn, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 168. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lynn’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynn workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 28% 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.
How far Lynn’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
Around Lynn: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Grant (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn | – | — | — | 30 min | $61,544 |
| Rock | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Grant | 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sherwood | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Fremont | under 2% | C | C | 21 min | $78,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Grant and Sherwood: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lynn’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: questions
What is the median household income in Lynn?
$61,544 (±$8,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynn?
17.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynn?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynn work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (18%, 11 mi), Marshfield (7%, 12 mi), Granton (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lynn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 33% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lynn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynn
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.