Benbow Inn · Photo: Gabriel Millos (gamillos) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Benbow commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%. 10 jobs are based in Benbow, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Benbow for work; outside it, Garberville is the main destination (20%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Benbow
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Benbow on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Benbow’s working residents head each day
Where Benbow clocks in
20% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Benbow
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benbow, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 10. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Benbow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Benbow
of Benbow workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 121 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Benbow to work
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Benbow: questions
What is the median household income in Benbow?
$56,667 (±$51,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benbow?
3.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Benbow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garberville (20%, 3 mi), Redway (13%, 5 mi), Eureka (7%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Benbow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benbow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benbow
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.