Work & commute · Bennet

Work & commute in Bennet, NE

Most working residents leave Bennet for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (68%), Omaha (6%) and Firth (1%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
1 of 582 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 581 Bennet residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennet.

581live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
67work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bennet goes to work

Park RidgeCouncil BluffsPickrellPanamaFirthPalmyraDorchesterBennetWilberHickmanWaverlyCreteLa VistaFremontNorfolkLincolnOmahaLincolnOmahaFirthPalmyraHickmanWaverlyFremontCreteLa VistaNorfolkBennet
1
Lincoln12.6 mi away
68%398
2
Omaha46.5 mi away
6%37
3
Firth11.4 mi away
1%6
4
Palmyra6.1 mi away
1%6
5
Hickman7.6 mi away
1%5
6
Waverly16 mi away
1%5
7
Fremont52.4 mi away
1%5
8
Crete23.8 mi away
1%4
9
La Vista41.4 mi away
1%4
10
Norfolk104.6 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%108

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

How far

How far Bennet commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
60%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
6%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bennet is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennet are

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

Jobs based in Bennet

68 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bennet residents hold

582 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−45%

Jobs based in Bennet, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 68. 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.

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