Work & commute · Benjamin

Work & commute in Benjamin, TX

Most working residents leave Benjamin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Knox City (15%), Haskell (9%) and Seymour (6%). Half commute less than 77 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

77 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 67 Benjamin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Benjamin.

67live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Benjamin goes to work

Knox City11.5 mi away

15%10

Haskell29.5 mi away

9%6

Seymour30.8 mi away

6%4

Lawton, OK106.1 mi away

4%3

Munday13.6 mi away

4%3

Wichita Falls76.1 mi away

4%3

Dallas183.3 mi away

4%3

Abilene78.1 mi away

4%3

Rule28.3 mi away

3%2

Woodson58 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%29

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

How far

How far Benjamin commutes

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

19%

60%

1%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Benjamin is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Benjamin are

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

Jobs based in Benjamin

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Benjamin residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+36%

Jobs based in Benjamin, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 15. 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.