Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, MI

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Benton (17%), St. Joseph (12%) and St. Joseph (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

672 of 6,257 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 5,585 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 672 work right here, and 2,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

5,585live here, work elsewhere

672live and work here

2,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Benton8.9 mi away

17%1,086

St. Joseph5.9 mi away

12%733

Lincoln (in town)right here

11%672

St. Joseph3.9 mi away

5%335

Grand Rapids78.4 mi away

4%259

Lake6.9 mi away

4%239

Royalton4 mi away

2%130

Benton Harbor7.4 mi away

2%127

Bridgman6.4 mi away

2%125

Oronoko7 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,439

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

58%

10%

24%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

3,399 jobs are based in Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln

3,399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

6,257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2011 → 2021: 2,719 → 3,399. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.