Lynn Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Lynn, Massachusetts: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Lynn: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lynn spend about 56 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 235 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Massachusetts average of 25.6 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.

Lynn holds about 1.4% of Massachusetts's population but accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lynn would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,916 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Lynn	28.2 min	56.4 min	235 hrs/yr	$7,289	3,293
Massachusetts	25.6 min	51.1 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,603	2,164
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Lynn Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.2 minutes to get to work in Lynn. That's 26% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lynn

Biking is unusually rare in Lynn: 4.5 times less than the Massachusetts average (0.2% vs 0.8%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lynn, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lynn get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Public Transportation	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	82.6%	9.6%	1.6%	0.9%	4.4%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
2010	83.0%	8.4%	2.1%	1.0%	4.2%	0.3%	0.9%	0.0%
2011	81.7%	8.9%	2.5%	1.4%	4.4%	0.2%	0.8%	0.0%
2012	79.8%	9.2%	2.9%	2.4%	4.7%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
2013	77.0%	11.0%	3.4%	3.0%	4.8%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%
2014	73.7%	12.5%	4.1%	4.4%	4.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	71.1%	14.1%	5.1%	5.0%	4.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2016	70.9%	13.3%	5.7%	5.2%	4.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	71.5%	13.5%	5.8%	4.9%	3.9%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	72.9%	12.8%	5.4%	4.7%	3.7%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	75.3%	11.7%	4.9%	3.6%	3.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	78.1%	10.2%	4.4%	3.0%	3.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	79.1%	8.2%	5.5%	3.2%	3.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	78.8%	7.6%	6.1%	3.4%	3.2%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	78.1%	7.3%	7.6%	3.6%	2.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	76.5%	8.7%	7.9%	3.2%	2.4%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 83.0% and lowest in 2016 at 70.9%. Overall it fell from 82.6% in 2009 to 76.5% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lynn: its share of workers rose from 1.6% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 6.3 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.4% to 2.4% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2015 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 14.1% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 8.7%.

Commute Start Times in Lynn

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lynn?

The bars show when commuters in Lynn leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Massachusetts for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		5.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		13.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.3%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

Lynn Massachusetts Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Lynn is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.3% across Massachusetts. Early starts are more common than in Massachusetts: 15.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 11.1% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Massachusetts: 41.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Lynn, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Lynn Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Lynn next to Massachusetts and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lynn	Massachusetts	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:47 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:49 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:42 AM	7:49 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:41 AM	7:48 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:41 AM	7:48 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:32 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:30 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lynn were on the road by 7:22 AM, 25 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). Across Massachusetts, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lynn now leave 16 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Lynn has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lynn in the whole series.

How does Lynn's commute time compare?

Metric	Lynn	Massachusetts	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.2 min	25.6 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.9%	18.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	8.7%	6.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lynn is 28.2 minutes, longer than the 25.6 minutes in Massachusetts.

8.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 6.5% in Massachusetts. 2.4% commute by walking, lower than the 4.1% in Massachusetts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lynn, MA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Lynn, MA is the largest of the 4 cities compared here, 101,709 residents against a local median of 54,686. Where Lynn, MA breaks from the cities next to it is work from home, sitting 24% below the local median of 10.3% at 7.9%.

The cities themselves spread 5.2% on work from home, so Lynn, MA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lynn, MA has the 4th highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lynn, MA	101,709	28.2 min #2/4	7.9% #4/4	7:22 AM #1/4
Saugus, MA	28,773	28.7 min	14.3%	7:45 AM
Peabody, MA	54,686	22.6 min	10.3%	7:45 AM
Revere, MA	60,022	32.0 min	9.2%	7:40 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Is commuting expensive in Lynn, Massachusetts?

Commuters here spend an estimated 235 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,289 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Massachusetts commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Lynn, Massachusetts?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Lynn, Massachusetts. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.