Work & commute · Lyman

Work & commute in Lyman, IL

Most working residents leave Lyman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paxton (10%), Gibson City (9%) and Champaign (9%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 232 Lyman residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyman.

232live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyman goes to work

Paxton12.5 mi away

10%24

Gibson City14.9 mi away

9%22

Champaign35.7 mi away

9%21

Urbana35.7 mi away

6%15

Bloomington42.4 mi away

5%11

Chicago87.6 mi away

5%11

Rantoul22.4 mi away

3%8

Patton12.9 mi away

3%8

Peoria75.4 mi away

3%7

Normal42.9 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%103

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

How far

How far Lyman commutes

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

32%

36%

28%

5%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyman is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyman are

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

Jobs based in Lyman

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lyman residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+114%

Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 402. 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.