Work & commute · Lynch

Work & commute in Lynch, NE

Most working residents leave Lynch for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Spencer (19%), Butte (14%) and Lynch (14%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

10 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 62 Lynch residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynch.

62live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynch goes to work

Spencer11.3 mi away

19%14

Butte19.2 mi away

14%10

Lynch2.9 mi away

14%10

Spencer13.6 mi away

7%5

Scottsbluff271.2 mi away

4%3

McCulley24.8 mi away

4%3

Gordon187.6 mi away

3%2

Wayne85.4 mi away

3%2

Grattan26 mi away

3%2

Naper32.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%20

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.

17%

44%

14%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynch is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynch are

91 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

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lynch residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+28%

Jobs based in Lynch, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 91. 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.