Work & commute · Lynn

Work & commute in Lynn, MA

Most working residents leave Lynn for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (19%), Peabody (5%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

7,299 of 46,179 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 38,880 Lynn residents head out of town to work, 7,299 work right here, and 15,464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynn.

38,880live here, work elsewhere

7,299live and work here

15,464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynn goes to work

Boston10.1 mi away

19%8,679

Lynn (in town)right here

16%7,299

Peabody4.2 mi away

5%2,182

Salem3.6 mi away

4%1,889

Danvers6.9 mi away

4%1,862

Beverly8.2 mi away

3%1,351

Cambridge10.5 mi away

3%1,319

Woburn9.9 mi away

2%1,114

Saugus2.7 mi away

2%912

Chelsea6.4 mi away

2%836

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%18,736

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

How far

How far Lynn commutes

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

58%

33%

58%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynn is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynn are

22,763 jobs are based in Lynn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynn

22,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lynn residents hold

46,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+4%

Jobs based in Lynn, 2013 → 2023: 21,943 → 22,763. 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.