Work & commute · Lyra

Work & commute in Lyra, MN

Most working residents leave Lyra for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (26%), North Mankato (8%) and Lake Crystal (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 127 Lyra residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyra.

127live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyra goes to work

Mankato15.4 mi away

26%33

North Mankato15.6 mi away

8%10

Lake Crystal12.8 mi away

6%8

Mapleton5.8 mi away

5%7

Amboy6.7 mi away

2%3

New Ulm31.6 mi away

2%3

Fairmont29.4 mi away

2%3

Rochester78.9 mi away

2%3

Minneapolis79.8 mi away

2%3

Trimont35.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%53

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

How far

How far Lyra commutes

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

16%

52%

12%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyra is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyra are

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

Jobs based in Lyra

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lyra residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−50%

Jobs based in Lyra, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 12. 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.