Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, IN

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (23%), Elkhart (17%) and Middlebury (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 199 Benton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

199live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benton goes to work

Goshen5.4 mi away

23%48

Elkhart16 mi away

17%36

Middlebury11.4 mi away

6%13

Clinton4 mi away

5%10

Millersburg3.8 mi away

3%7

Benton (in town)right here

3%7

York15.1 mi away

3%6

Fort Wayne43.7 mi away

2%5

Jackson3.8 mi away

2%5

Nappanee12.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%65

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

How far

How far Benton commutes

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

45%

41%

45%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

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

Jobs based in Benton

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Benton residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 380. 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.