Benson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The two grades for Benson are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Benson has 188 jobs, and 750 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Benson is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Benson, in brief
Benson and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Benson residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Benson come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Benson is a place people come home to
There are 188 jobs based in Benson, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Benson has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 750 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Benson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Benson is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Benson’s grade up ($93,194, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Benson could be anywhere from D to A+.
34% of working residents work in Logan
Where Benson clocks in
34% of workers
8% 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 quiets down on a workday
On a workday 744 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Benson on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Goods jobs make up 62% of work in Benson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benson, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 188. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Benson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benson workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 751 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Benson
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.
Most of Benson commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Benson is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 870 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Benson households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Benson’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Benson ranks: 2,440th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 369 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,438 | Montour Township PA | 1,260 | $68K | 9.5% | 5.8% | 2% | B− |
| 2,439 | Geronimo TX | 1,507 | $72K | 12.7% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,440 | Benson UT | 1,776 | $93K | 7.9% | 7.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,441 | Monroeville OH | 1,283 | $65K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,442 | Muenster TX | 1,742 | $88K | 10.2% | 0.4% | 20% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Benson, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door is work for 34% of Benson
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson | – | B− | C+ | 20 min | $93,194 |
| Peter | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Logan | 34% | C | A | 15 min | $60,687 |
| Amalga | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Cache | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Wellsville | under 2% | A | C | 21 min | $104,351 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peter, Amalga and Cache: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Logan. Darker towns draw more of Benson’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: questions
What is the median household income in Benson?
$93,194 (±$37,603) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benson?
7.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (34%, 4 mi), North Logan (8%, 6 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Benson walkable?
Benson is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Benson 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benson
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.