Work & commute · Benner

Work & commute in Benner, PA

Most working residents leave Benner for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are College (21%), State College (8%) and Ferguson (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 2,455 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,326 Benner residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 3,710 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benner.

2,326live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

3,710work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benner goes to work

College3.8 mi away

21%526

State College5.9 mi away

8%206

Ferguson10.9 mi away

7%166

Benner (in town)right here

5%129

Bellefonte3.9 mi away

5%114

Patton6.4 mi away

4%102

Spring4.7 mi away

3%74

Philadelphia153 mi away

2%39

Pittsburgh117.1 mi away

1%29

Boggs8.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,046

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

How far

How far Benner commutes

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

56%

33%

56%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benner is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Benner are

3,839 jobs are based in Benner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Benner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Benner

3,839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Benner residents hold

2,455 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 month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+55%

Jobs based in Benner, 2013 → 2023: 2,477 → 3,839. 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.