Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Benton Township works elsewhere
792 jobs are based in Benton Township for 1,409 working residents. For jobs and income Benton Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 6% work in Benton Township itself; outside it, Goshen draws the most (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Benton Township stands out on work
Benton Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Benton Township went from 472 in 2013 to 792 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Benton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Benton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Benton Township’s grade up ($94,070, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Benton Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Benton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benton Township, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 792. 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 Benton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Benton Township: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,365 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Benton Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,324 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 707 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Benton Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Commuting out of Benton Township: the destinations
Where Benton Township clocks in
20% of workers
18% 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.
Benton Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 Benton Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,460 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). 17.3% of Benton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Benton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Benton Township is 1,681st of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 90 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,679 | Bethel Acres OK | 3,301 | $76K | 11.3% | 2.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,680 | Ingram PA | 3,222 | $71K | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,681 | Benton Township IN | 3,276 | $94K | 7.2% | 5.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,682 | Byron IL | 3,777 | $79K | 10.5% | 3.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,683 | Lapel IN | 2,570 | $80K | 6.4% | 6.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Benton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Benton Township
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Township | – | B | B− | 19 min | $94,070 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | B | B | 24 min | $72,575 |
| Jackson Township | 3% | A− | C− | 21 min | $89,542 |
| Clinton Township | 4% | A− | B | 16 min | $92,235 |
| Turkey Creek Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $75,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Benton 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 Benton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Benton Township?
$94,070 (±$17,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benton Township?
7.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benton Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Goshen (20%, 9 mi), Elkhart (18%, 20 mi), Middlebury (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Benton Township walkable?
Benton Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Benton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benton 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.