Work & commute · Benona

Work & commute in Benona, MI

Most working residents leave Benona for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (10%), Shelby (8%) and Hart (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 484 Benona residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benona.

484live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benona goes to work

Muskegon28.1 mi away

10%48

Shelby7 mi away

8%41

Hart7.8 mi away

8%39

Whitehall15.4 mi away

7%33

Grand Rapids60.3 mi away

5%25

Montague14.2 mi away

5%23

Hart8.8 mi away

4%19

Norton Shores32.3 mi away

3%15

Benona (in town)right here

3%14

Kentwood66.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%231

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

How far

How far Benona commutes

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

22%

21%

22%

35%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benona is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benona are

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

Jobs based in Benona

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Benona residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−5%

Jobs based in Benona, 2011 → 2021: 110 → 104. 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.