Most of Lynne commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 6 jobs in Lynne, and 68 of its residents work somewhere. 17.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Lynne, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Lynne on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
13% of working residents work in Minocqua
Where Lynne clocks in
12% 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.
Lynne is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Lynne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lynne takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lynne workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 3% 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 Lynne’s workers travel
About 46% 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.
13% of Lynne works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lynne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynne | – | — | — | 21 min | $31,417 |
| Little Rice | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Somo | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Minocqua | 13% | B− | C+ | 21 min | $69,112 |
| Hackett | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Knox | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Emery | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Little Rice, Somo, Hackett, Knox and Emery: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minocqua. Darker towns draw more of Lynne’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 Lynne: questions
What is the median household income in Lynne?
$31,417 (±$10,933) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lynne?
17.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lynne?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lynne work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minocqua (13%, 15 mi), Rhinelander (12%, 28 mi), Ashwaubenon (6%, 122 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lynne 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 Lynne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lynne
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.