Benona Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 3% work in Benona Township itself; outside it, Muskegon draws the most (10%, 28 miles). Benona Township has 104 jobs, and 498 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Benona Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Benona Township: the figures worth knowing
Benona Township is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Benona Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Benona Township has about 1,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Benona Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Benona Township is Muskegon, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 498 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Benona Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Benona Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Benona Township’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Benona Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Benona Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Benona Township by day and by night
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Benona Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2021, primary jobs.
How far Benona Township goes to work
About 35% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Benona Township goes to work
Where Benona Township clocks in
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Benona Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benona Township, 2011 → 2021: 110 → 104. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Benona Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Benona Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benona Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 600 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Most trips from Benona Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Benona Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 672 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). 1.1% of Benona Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Benona Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Benona Township places 2,741st of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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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| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,739 | Shreve OH | 1,495 | $66K | 10.3% | 1.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,740 | Ilwaco WA | 1,112 | $98K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,741 | Benona Township MI | 1,446 | $78K | 7.7% | 1.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,742 | St. Armand NY | 1,377 | $81K | 6.3% | 3.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,743 | Jackson Township PA | 1,611 | $72K | 8.2% | 7.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Benona Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Benona Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Shelby Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benona Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benona Township | – | C+ | C− | 28 min | $77,632 |
| Shelby Township | 8% | C− | C | 17 min | $67,736 |
| Golden Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 26 min | $67,426 |
| Claybanks Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hart Township | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Claybanks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hart Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Benona 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 2021, 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 Benona Township: questions
What is the median household income in Benona Township?
$77,632 (±$29,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benona Township?
7.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benona Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benona Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskegon (10%, 28 mi), Shelby Township (8%, 7 mi), Hart (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Benona Township walkable?
Benona Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Benona Township without a car?
0% 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 Benona Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benona Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.