Work & commute · Benton

Work & commute in Benton, OH

Most working residents leave Benton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (12%), Van Wert (8%) and Payne (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 481 Benton residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benton.

481live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benton goes to work

Fort Wayne, IN21 mi away

12%61

Van Wert14.3 mi away

8%41

Payne3.3 mi away

6%32

Paulding11.4 mi away

6%31

New Haven, IN14.3 mi away

5%23

Haviland8.4 mi away

4%20

Paulding8.8 mi away

4%20

Defiance26.1 mi away

3%15

Milan, IN12.9 mi away

3%14

Blue Creek6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%226

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.

23%

45%

12%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benton is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benton are

80 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

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Benton residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+23%

Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 80. 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.