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Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, MI

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bad Axe (16%), Colfax (10%) and Winsor (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
7 of 275 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

268live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
94work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Harbor BeachBad AxeWarrenBloomfieldWinsorChandlerDwightVeronaLincolnMeadeOliverRubiconPort AustinColfaxHumeBad AxeColfaxWinsorVeronaPort AustinDwightWarrenHumeHarbor BeachLincoln
1
Bad Axe7.6 mi away
16%44
2
Colfax9.4 mi away
10%27
3
Winsor18.9 mi away
8%21
4
Verona6 mi away
5%13
5
Port Austin11.7 mi away
3%9
6
Dwight6 mi away
3%8
7
Warren97.7 mi away
3%7
8
Lincoln (in town)right here
3%7
9
Hume8 mi away
3%7
10
Harbor Beach14.7 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%126

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.

40%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

101 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

101 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities68%
Services (health, schools, offices…)16%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

275 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month47%
+248%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2011 → 2021: 29 → 101. 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.

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