Work & commute · Lyman

Work & commute in Lyman, NE

Most working residents leave Lyman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsbluff (18%), Torrington (12%) and Morrill (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 104 Lyman residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyman.

104live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyman goes to work

Scottsbluff19.6 mi away

18%20

Torrington, WY12.2 mi away

12%13

Morrill6.7 mi away

9%10

Gering20.3 mi away

8%9

Lyman (in town)right here

5%5

O'Neill278.5 mi away

5%5

Omaha414.9 mi away

5%5

Mitchell11.9 mi away

4%4

Chadron82.1 mi away

3%3

Bridgeport51.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%33

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

How far

How far Lyman commutes

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

22%

50%

28%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyman are

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

Jobs based in Lyman

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lyman residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 100. 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.