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Work & commute · Bensville

Work & commute in Bensville, MD

Most working residents leave Bensville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Waldorf (9%) and Arlington (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
74 of 6,585 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
42 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,511 Bensville residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bensville.

6,511live here, work elsewhere
74live and work here
492work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bensville goes to work

WashingtonLa PlataBaltimoreAlexandriaPomfretLake ArborFriendlyOxon HillBethesdaBensvilleBryans RoadBrandywineWaldorfColumbiaAccokeekArlingtonWashingtonWaldorfArlingtonLa PlataBaltimoreAlexandriaBethesdaColumbiaLake ArborBensville
1
Washington, DC20.1 mi away
24%1,581
2
Waldorf5.2 mi away
9%602
3
Arlington, VA19.1 mi away
3%219
4
La Plata5.2 mi away
3%182
5
Baltimore52 mi away
3%165
6
Alexandria, VA14.8 mi away
2%142
7
Bethesda26.6 mi away
1%80
8
Columbia41.4 mi away
1%75
9
Bensville (in town)right here
1%74
10
Lake Arbor22.5 mi away
1%70
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%3,395

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

How far

How far Bensville commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bensville is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bensville are

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

Jobs based in Bensville

566 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bensville residents hold

6,585 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month72%
+13%

Jobs based in Bensville, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 566. 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.

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