Work & commute · Lynden

Work & commute in Lynden, MN

Most working residents leave Lynden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (23%), Annandale (5%) and Clearwater (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 843 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 823 Lynden residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynden.

823live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynden goes to work

St. Cloud9.6 mi away

23%192

Annandale9.3 mi away

5%40

Clearwater3.4 mi away

4%36

Waite Park10.8 mi away

4%33

Sartell16.3 mi away

3%27

Monticello17.2 mi away

3%26

Buffalo19.1 mi away

3%22

Maine Prairie10.5 mi away

2%21

Lynden (in town)right here

2%20

Sauk Rapids14 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%409

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

How far

How far Lynden commutes

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

26%

51%

12%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynden is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynden are

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

Jobs based in Lynden

535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Lynden residents hold

843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+135%

Jobs based in Lynden, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 535. 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.