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COMMUNITY PROFILE

LABOR FORCE

Benbrook's total civilian labor force is 11,942 compared with Tarrant County's 970,824. Benbrook's unemployment
rate is 4.50 percent compared with Tarrant County's rate of 5.90 percent. This data is based on the most recent
available; effective June 2010 separate employment statistics for Benbrook are no longer collected.

Workers in Benbrook are employed in the following industries: agriculture and mining (238); construction (494);
manufacturing (1,275); wholesale trade (170); retail trade (1,142); transportation – utilities (775); information (198);
finance, insurance, and real estate (633); professional management (1,275); education, health, and social services
(2,483); arts, entertainment, and recreation (959); other services (507); and public administration (551).

The primary employers in Benbrook are: Wal-Mart (311); Weatherford International, Ltd. Oil and Gas (298); Western
Hills High School (181); Gilco Contracting, Inc. (156); Weatherford International, Ltd. Drilling (150); Benbrook
Community Center/YMCA (120); City of Benbrook (110); Renaissance Park Nursing Home (110); Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store (110); and Oncor Electric Delivery (90).

TRANSPORTATION

Benbrook has access to several aviation facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
is located twenty-three miles northeast of Benbrook; D/FW Airport has almost 2,000 flights daily to over 163
destinations worldwide. Alliance Airport, an industrial airport with a 9,600 foot runway, is located just twenty miles
north of Benbrook. General aviation facilities are available at Bourland Field (6.50 miles from Benbrook), Meacham
Field, and Spinks Field.

Benbrook is served by numerous interstate and intrastate motor freight companies. Carriers include Central Freight
Lines, Roadway Express, Yellow Freight, SAIA Motor Freight Lines, and Con-Way Southern Express.

Benbrook is served by a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad. Services in nearby Fort Worth include the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

Benbrook is located at the intersection of Interstate Highways 20 and 820 and Benbrook Boulevard (U. S. Highway 377).
Benbrook is also served by U. S. Highway 580 (Camp Bowie West) and State Highway 183 (Southwest Boulevard).
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