Work & commute · Bennington

Work & commute in Bennington, KS

Most working residents leave Bennington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (42%), Minneapolis (6%) and Abilene (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Bennington residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennington.

262live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennington goes to work

Salina15.2 mi away

42%115

Minneapolis8.5 mi away

6%17

Bennington (in town)right here

4%11

Abilene21 mi away

3%9

Manhattan54 mi away

3%8

Smolan20.8 mi away

2%6

Topeka101.8 mi away

2%5

Concordia37 mi away

1%4

Greeley14.7 mi away

1%4

Lincoln Center29.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%91

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

How far

How far Bennington commutes

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

14%

56%

10%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennington 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 Bennington are

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

Jobs based in Bennington

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bennington residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−12%

Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 120. 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.