Work & commute · Lykens

Work & commute in Lykens, OH

Most working residents leave Lykens for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bucyrus (14%), Columbus (9%) and Upper Sandusky (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 245 Lykens residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lykens.

245live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lykens goes to work

Bucyrus9.9 mi away

14%34

Columbus66.2 mi away

9%23

Upper Sandusky15 mi away

6%14

Mansfield28.6 mi away

4%10

Holmes5 mi away

4%10

Galion19.1 mi away

3%8

Marion24.5 mi away

3%8

Marion24.2 mi away

3%7

Bucyrus12.1 mi away

3%7

Tiffin14.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%119

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

How far

How far Lykens commutes

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

11%

41%

16%

32%

11%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lykens is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lykens are

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

Jobs based in Lykens

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lykens residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+314%

Jobs based in Lykens, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 29. 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.