Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, NH

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (19%), Woodstock (7%) and Littleton (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Benton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

133live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benton goes to work

Lincoln11.4 mi away

19%26

Woodstock7 mi away

7%10

Littleton21.4 mi away

6%9

Plymouth21 mi away

6%9

Warren4.8 mi away

4%6

Haverhill8.3 mi away

4%6

Benton (in town)right here

4%6

Lebanon34.3 mi away

4%5

Manchester75.4 mi away

4%5

Waterville Valley20.8 mi away

4%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%52

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.

17%

48%

14%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

150 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

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Benton residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3650%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 150. 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.