Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Benson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 8 jobs in Benson Township, against 147 working residents. Hardly any stay in Benson Township for work; outside it, Benson is the main destination (31%, 4 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Benson Township by day and by night
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Benson Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 people from Benson Township work
Where Benson Township clocks in
31% 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.
Benson Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benson Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 8. 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 Benson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benson Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 16% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Benson Township
About 23% 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.
40% of Benson Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $94,583 |
| Benson | 31% | C | A | 18 min | $52,821 |
| Clontarf Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Langhei Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Torning Township | 9% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Camp Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clontarf Township, Langhei Township, Torning Township and Camp Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Benson. Darker towns draw more of Benson 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 Benson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Benson Township?
$94,583 (±$29,377) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benson Township?
3.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benson Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benson (31%, 4 mi), Torning Township (9%, 7 mi), Fargo (5%, 120 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Benson 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 Benson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benson 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.