Work & commute · Bennett Springs

Work & commute in Bennett Springs, MO

Most working residents leave Bennett Springs for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (25%), Springfield (13%) and Buffalo (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 46 Bennett Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennett Springs.

46live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennett Springs goes to work

Lebanon11.6 mi away

25%12

Springfield44.2 mi away

13%6

Buffalo14.5 mi away

4%2

Eldon45.3 mi away

4%2

Kansas City132.8 mi away

4%2

St. Louis154.9 mi away

4%2

Columbia88.6 mi away

4%2

Bennett Springs (in town)right here

4%2

Merriam, KS133.3 mi away

2%1

Kansas City, KS140.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%16

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

How far

How far Bennett Springs commutes

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

17%

33%

21%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennett Springs is a job hub

2.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennett Springs are

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

Jobs based in Bennett Springs

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Bennett Springs residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+396%

Jobs based in Bennett Springs, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 129. 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.