Work & commute · Benld

Work & commute in Benld, IL

Most working residents leave Benld for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (7%), Springfield (5%) and Edwardsville (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 642 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 637 Benld residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benld.

637live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benld goes to work

Litchfield9.3 mi away

7%48

Springfield49 mi away

5%34

Edwardsville23.2 mi away

5%32

Staunton5.7 mi away

5%30

Gillespie2.4 mi away

5%29

Carlinville13.3 mi away

4%27

Alton22.8 mi away

3%20

St. Louis, MO39.6 mi away

3%20

Granite City30.6 mi away

3%17

East Alton21.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%369

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

How far

How far Benld commutes

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

23%

22%

36%

19%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benld is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benld are

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

Jobs based in Benld

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Benld residents hold

642 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−24%

Jobs based in Benld, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 97. 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.