Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Benton
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Only 4% work in Benton itself; outside it, Lincoln draws the most (19%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Benton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 144 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 (1.08 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.
Where Benton’s working residents head each day
Where Benton clocks in
19% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 is a services town
150 jobs are based in Benton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benton, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 150. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Benton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 111 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 next door employ 15% of Benton
The biggest share goes to Woodstock (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton | – | — | — | 32 min | $67,895 |
| Woodstock | 7% | C+ | B | 18 min | $85,667 |
| Haverhill | 4% | B− | B− | 33 min | $85,929 |
| Warren | 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Landaff | under 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Piermont | under 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warren, Landaff and Piermont: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Benton’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: questions
What is the median household income in Benton?
$67,895 (±$3,944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benton?
15.9%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (19%, 11 mi), Woodstock (7%, 7 mi), Littleton (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Benton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benton
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.