Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, MN

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waconia (10%), Chaska (9%) and Eden Prairie (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Benton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

399live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benton goes to work

Waconia6.5 mi away

10%40

Chaska12 mi away

9%35

Eden Prairie19.8 mi away

7%30

Chanhassen14.9 mi away

5%21

Bloomington26.2 mi away

5%19

Shakopee17.9 mi away

4%18

Minneapolis31.5 mi away

3%13

Cologne2.5 mi away

3%12

Minnetonka22.4 mi away

3%12

Edina25.3 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%197

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.

21%

44%

30%

21%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

413 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

413 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Benton residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−19%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 507 → 413. 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.