Work & commute · Lynn

Work & commute in Lynn, SD

Most working residents leave Lynn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (26%), Brookings (16%) and Colman (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 134 Lynn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynn.

134live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynn goes to work

Sioux Falls24.3 mi away

26%35

Brookings29 mi away

16%22

Colman6.8 mi away

7%9

Flandreau15.7 mi away

5%7

Madison16.3 mi away

3%4

Dell Rapids7 mi away

2%3

Platte106.6 mi away

1%2

Crooks15.9 mi away

1%2

Watertown72.6 mi away

1%2

Lynn (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%48

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

How far

How far Lynn commutes

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

16%

35%

33%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynn is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynn are

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

Jobs based in Lynn

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lynn residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+17%

Jobs based in Lynn, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 42. 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.