Work & commute · Lynch

Work & commute in Lynch, MO

Most working residents leave Lynch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (24%), Licking (7%) and Fort Leonard Wood (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 391 Lynch residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynch.

391live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynch goes to work

Houston9.1 mi away

24%96

Licking8.1 mi away

7%27

Fort Leonard Wood22.4 mi away

5%21

Springfield73.4 mi away

5%20

Lebanon39.5 mi away

4%17

Rolla36.6 mi away

3%12

Roubidoux11 mi away

3%11

Plato12.8 mi away

2%9

St. Robert27.8 mi away

2%7

West Plains49.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%169

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

How far

How far Lynch commutes

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

27%

24%

20%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynch is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynch are

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

Jobs based in Lynch

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lynch residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+61%

Jobs based in Lynch, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 79. 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.