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Work & commute · Bengal

Work & commute in Bengal, MI

Most working residents leave Bengal for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (17%), St. Johns (11%) and Dallas (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
16 of 526 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 510 Bengal residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bengal.

510live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
115work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bengal goes to work

OvidGrand LedgeSt. JohnsIoniaEast LansingLansingRileyLebanonEagleEssexOvidWatertownWestphaliaFultonBinghamDallasBengalDeltaLyonsLansingSt. JohnsDallasDeltaEast LansingIoniaEagleWestphaliaWatertownBengal
1
Lansing20.3 mi away
17%90
2
St. Johns5.7 mi away
11%56
3
Dallas5 mi away
8%42
4
Delta18.7 mi away
7%35
5
East Lansing19.6 mi away
5%27
6
Bengal (in town)right here
3%16
7
Ionia20.6 mi away
2%11
8
Eagle13.8 mi away
2%11
9
Westphalia8.9 mi away
2%11
10
Watertown12.6 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%220

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

How far

How far Bengal commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bengal is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bengal are

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

Jobs based in Bengal

131 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)96%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bengal residents hold

526 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−25%

Jobs based in Bengal, 2011 → 2021: 175 → 131. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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