Work & commute · Bennett

Work & commute in Bennett, KS

Most working residents leave Bennett for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (29%), Kingman (9%) and Hutchinson (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 297 Bennett residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennett.

297live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennett goes to work

Wichita33.4 mi away

29%89

Kingman20.5 mi away

9%28

Hutchinson43.9 mi away

5%16

Cheney14.9 mi away

4%13

Goddard23.2 mi away

4%12

Riverside33.2 mi away

3%10

Waco26.2 mi away

3%9

Topeka161.6 mi away

3%8

Norwich2 mi away

2%7

Pretty Prairie25.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%107

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bennett commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

26%

50%

18%

5%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennett is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennett are

134 jobs are based in Bennett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bennett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bennett

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bennett residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Bennett, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 134. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.