Work means Rochester for about half of Bennington Township’s working residents
The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 9% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Hardly any stay in Bennington Township for work; outside it, Rochester is the main destination (50%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bennington Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Bennington Township on a workday afternoon, 67% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Bennington Township: the destinations
Where Bennington Township clocks in
50% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, about the MN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennington Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Bennington Township
About 16% 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.
The towns around Bennington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bennington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $114,375 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Le Roy Township | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Clayton Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Frankford Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomfield Township, Le Roy Township, Clayton Township and Frankford Township: 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?
$114,375 (±$33,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennington Township?
1.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennington Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennington Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Bennington Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.