Work & commute · Bennington

Work & commute in Bennington, NY

Most working residents leave Bennington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Attica (8%), Lancaster (7%) and Batavia (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,222 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,167 Bennington residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennington.

1,167live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennington goes to work

Attica7.2 mi away

8%98

Lancaster14 mi away

7%87

Batavia16.3 mi away

6%74

Alden9.2 mi away

6%74

Bennington (in town)right here

5%55

Marilla7.2 mi away

4%50

Rochester45.9 mi away

4%48

Aurora13.8 mi away

4%47

Warsaw14.1 mi away

4%46

Buffalo24.5 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%607

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

How far

How far Bennington commutes

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

27%

43%

13%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennington is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennington are

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

Jobs based in Bennington

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Bennington residents hold

1,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−25%

Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 116. 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.