Photo: Joe Tordiff · CC BY-SA 2.0Benjamin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Benjamin; the top destination outside it is Provo (12%, 11 miles). Employers in Benjamin report 187 jobs; 577 of its residents have a job. At home: <1% of workers have no commute at all (Utah 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Benjamin
Few Benjamin workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Benjamin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 577 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From Benjamin, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benjamin workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% 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.
Benjamin by day and by night
On a workday 575 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Benjamin on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Benjamin goes to work
Where Benjamin clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
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.
A place that makes things: 48% of Benjamin’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benjamin, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 187. 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 Benjamin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Benjamin commutes less than 14 miles
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.
Around Benjamin: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benjamin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin | – | — | — | 27 min | $69,632 |
| Palmyra | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lake Shore | under 3% | A | C− | 21 min | $99,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Palmyra: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Benjamin’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 Benjamin: questions
What is the median household income in Benjamin?
$69,632 (±$6,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benjamin?
6.2%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benjamin?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benjamin work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provo (12%, 11 mi), Spanish Fork (11%, 5 mi), Salt Lake City (10%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Benjamin 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 Benjamin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benjamin
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.