Work & commute · Lynnville

Work & commute in Lynnville, IA

Most working residents leave Lynnville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Grinnell (11%), Newton (9%) and Sully (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Lynnville residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynnville.

157live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynnville goes to work

Grinnell11.7 mi away

11%18

Newton15.6 mi away

9%15

Sully3.1 mi away

8%13

Des Moines42.6 mi away

8%13

Pella13.4 mi away

7%11

Lynnville (in town)right here

6%10

Ames53.2 mi away

4%7

West Des Moines51.4 mi away

3%5

Joliet, IL239.9 mi away

1%1

Leighton16.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%73

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lynnville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

38%

18%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynnville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynnville are

217 jobs are based in Lynnville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynnville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynnville

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lynnville residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+24%

Jobs based in Lynnville, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 217. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.