For about half of its working residents, Benbrook is a commute to Fort Worth
Benbrook grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26. Household incomes here are higher than in 64% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Benbrook stands out on work
Where Benbrook’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Benbrook is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #149 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Benbrook’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Benbrook could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Benbrook ends
Where Benbrook clocks in
47% 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.
How many people are in Benbrook by day
On a workday 11,262 residents head out to work, 412 work right here, and 5,087 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Benbrook on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.47 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.
What Benbrook’s employers do
5,499 jobs are based in Benbrook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benbrook, 2013 → 2023: 4,517 → 5,499. 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 Benbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the TX average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benbrook workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,517 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Miles to work from Benbrook
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 Benbrook, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Benbrook is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #268 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,888 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of Benbrook households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Benbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
579th of 1,642: where Benbrook ranks among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 6 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 12 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 577 | El Cerrito CA | 26,121 | $128K | 6.9% | 5.8% | 4% | A− |
| 578 | Ferndale MI | 19,212 | $95K | 9.0% | 3.7% | 5% | A− |
| 579 | Benbrook TX | 24,279 | $86K | 5.9% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 580 | Foxborough MA | 18,934 | $116K | 5.7% | 5.8% | 10% | A− |
| 581 | La Crescenta-Montrose CA | 19,660 | $130K | 5.1% | 8.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Benbrook, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Benbrook and its neighbors: 47% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benbrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benbrook | – | A− | B− | 25 min | $86,292 |
| Fort Worth | 47% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Worth. Darker towns draw more of Benbrook’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 Benbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Benbrook?
$86,292 (±$6,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benbrook?
5.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benbrook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benbrook work?
4% work in town.
Is Benbrook walkable?
Benbrook is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Benbrook without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benbrook
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.