Work & commute · Benzonia

Work & commute in Benzonia, MI

Most working residents leave Benzonia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Frankfort (13%), Benzonia (13%) and Traverse City (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 146 Benzonia residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benzonia.

146live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benzonia goes to work

Frankfort6.7 mi away

13%20

Benzonia2.9 mi away

13%19

Traverse City26.2 mi away

8%12

Homestead6.1 mi away

7%10

Weldon6 mi away

5%7

Grand Rapids116.5 mi away

3%5

Midland115.2 mi away

3%4

Gilmore4.8 mi away

3%4

Garfield24.1 mi away

3%4

Gaylord74.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

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

How far

How far Benzonia commutes

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

42%

13%

35%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benzonia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benzonia are

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

Jobs based in Benzonia

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Benzonia residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+54%

Jobs based in Benzonia, 2011 → 2021: 96 → 148. 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.