Earning a living in Bennington Township
For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Illinois has 16%. The two grades for Bennington Township are C for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Bennington Township; the top destination outside it is Toluca (14%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bennington Township
Bennington Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bennington Township went from 315 in 2013 to 582 in 2023, +85%. The jobs ↓
Bennington Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Bennington Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bennington Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Few Bennington Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 675 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Bennington Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bennington Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bennington Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Bennington Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bennington Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
53% of the jobs in Bennington Township make or build things
582 jobs are based in Bennington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bennington Township, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 582. 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 Bennington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bennington Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Bennington Township on a workday
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Bennington Township’s residents
Where Bennington Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Bennington Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
In Bennington Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bennington Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 661 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Bennington Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bennington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bennington Township is 3,242nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,240 | Newport NY | 2,091 | $80K | 15.0% | 8.2% | 8% | C |
| 3,241 | Middleburg PA | 1,302 | $59K | 9.7% | 3.1% | 9% | C |
| 3,242 | Bennington Township IL | 1,542 | $71K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 16% | C |
| 3,243 | Onarga Township IL | 1,581 | $72K | 10.1% | 3.7% | 10% | C |
| 3,244 | Wabash Township IL | 2,056 | $83K | 10.7% | 2.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bennington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Work in the towns next to Bennington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bennington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Township | – | C | B | 27 min | $70,608 |
| Groveland Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Bell Plain Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Clayton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Evans Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $70,202 |
| Rutland | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Groveland Township, Bell Plain Township, Clayton Township and Rutland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bennington Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bennington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bennington Township?
$70,608 (±$5,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennington Township?
13.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennington Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennington Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toluca (14%, 3 mi), Peoria (9%, 31 mi), Minonk (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bennington Township walkable?
Bennington Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bennington Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bennington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bennington Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.