Work & commute · Lynwood

Work & commute in Lynwood, IL

Most working residents leave Lynwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (30%), Lansing (3%) and South Holland (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 3,546 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,484 Lynwood residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynwood.

3,484live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynwood goes to work

Chicago22.8 mi away

30%1,059

Lansing2.9 mi away

3%100

South Holland5.9 mi away

2%76

Homewood6.2 mi away

2%63

Munster, IN2.9 mi away

2%63

Lynwood (in town)right here

2%62

Chicago Heights4.4 mi away

2%54

Dyer, IN2.8 mi away

1%53

Schererville, IN6.1 mi away

1%49

Joliet30.9 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,919

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

How far

How far Lynwood commutes

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

31%

32%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynwood is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynwood are

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

Jobs based in Lynwood

994 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lynwood residents hold

3,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+14%

Jobs based in Lynwood, 2013 → 2023: 874 → 994. 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.