Work & commute · Lake Benton

Work & commute in Lake Benton, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Benton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (25%), Marshall (15%) and Pipestone (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 301 Lake Benton residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Benton.

301live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Benton goes to work

Tyler8.1 mi away

25%80

Marshall28.3 mi away

15%47

Lake Benton (in town)right here

7%22

Pipestone18.4 mi away

6%20

Brookings, SD24.3 mi away

6%20

Hope7.9 mi away

2%8

Ruthton11.3 mi away

2%6

Hendricks18.1 mi away

2%6

Elkton, SD9.1 mi away

2%6

Russell18 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%103

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

How far

How far Lake Benton commutes

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

39%

20%

24%

18%

39%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Benton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Benton are

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

Jobs based in Lake Benton

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Lake Benton residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+12%

Jobs based in Lake Benton, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 129. 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.