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Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, MI

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cheboygan (23%), Inverness (6%) and Petoskey (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
15 of 1,064 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 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 1,049 Benton residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

1,049live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
121work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Benton goes to work

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1
Cheboygan5.3 mi away
23%250
2
Inverness8.4 mi away
6%60
3
Petoskey35.1 mi away
5%57
4
Bear Creek31.2 mi away
3%28
5
Mackinaw18.4 mi away
3%27
6
Alpena59.3 mi away
2%21
7
Walker19.2 mi away
2%17
8
Gaylord43.2 mi away
2%16
9
Mentor24 mi away
2%16
10
Grant6.8 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%556

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.

32%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

136 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

136 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities1%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Benton residents hold

1,064 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+20%

Jobs based in Benton, 2011 → 2021: 113 → 136. 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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