Work & commute · Benson

Work & commute in Benson, NY

Most working residents leave Benson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hope (17%), Lake Pleasant (17%) and Wells (13%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 46 Benson residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benson.

46live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benson goes to work

Hope7 mi away

17%8

Lake Pleasant20.2 mi away

17%8

Wells13.4 mi away

13%6

Queensbury35.2 mi away

11%5

DeWitt87.5 mi away

4%2

Glens Falls36.3 mi away

2%1

Plattsburgh106.9 mi away

2%1

Rome56.7 mi away

2%1

Burlington, VT100.2 mi away

2%1

Ogden173.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%13

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

How far

How far Benson commutes

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

19%

34%

15%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benson is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benson are

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

Jobs based in Benson

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less70%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Benson residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−47%

Jobs based in Benson, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. 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.