Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, LA

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (32%), Bossier City (26%) and Minden (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

111 of 883 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 772 Benton residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 4,287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

772live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

4,287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benton goes to work

Shreveport15.7 mi away

32%283

Bossier City12.5 mi away

26%229

Benton (in town)right here

13%111

Minden27.6 mi away

2%14

Ruston65.2 mi away

1%8

Red Chute11.1 mi away

1%8

Baton Rouge218.4 mi away

1%7

Monroe97.5 mi away

1%6

Vivian19 mi away

0%4

Springhill27 mi away

0%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%209

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.

27%

55%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is a job hub

4.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

4,398 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

4,398 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Benton residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+302%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 1,095 → 4,398. 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.