Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, MO

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (24%), Sikeston (15%) and Scott City (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 363 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 361 Benton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

361live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
178work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Benton goes to work

JonesboroPaducahKelsoBentonOranChaffeeCharlestonScott CityDexterJacksonPoplar BluffSikestonCape GirardeauPikeCape GirardeauSikestonScott CityJacksonPoplar BluffPaducahJonesboroOranCharlestonPikeBenton
1
Cape Girardeau14.5 mi away
24%88
2
Sikeston15 mi away
15%56
3
Scott City8.7 mi away
4%15
4
Jackson20.1 mi away
3%12
5
Poplar Bluff52.5 mi away
2%9
6
Paducah, KY50.5 mi away
2%7
7
Jonesboro, AR108.1 mi away
1%5
8
Oran5.2 mi away
1%5
9
Charleston17.7 mi away
1%5
10
Pike16.4 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%157

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.

20%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

180 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

180 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Benton residents hold

363 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%
−23%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 180. 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.

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