Work & commute · Benson

Work & commute in Benson, IL

Most working residents leave Benson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Minonk (20%), Bloomington (11%) and Normal (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 171 Benson residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benson.

171live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benson goes to work

Minonk6 mi away

20%35

Bloomington27.1 mi away

11%19

Normal23.8 mi away

8%14

Peoria26.8 mi away

5%9

Roanoke5.5 mi away

4%7

El Paso9.3 mi away

3%6

Toluca10.6 mi away

3%5

Springfield78.2 mi away

3%5

Benson (in town)right here

2%4

Chicago101 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%67

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

How far

How far Benson commutes

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

33%

22%

20%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benson is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benson are

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

Jobs based in Benson

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Benson residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−35%

Jobs based in Benson, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 22. 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.