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Work & commute · Bennington

Work & commute in Bennington, NE

Most working residents leave Bennington for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (67%), Lincoln (3%) and Papillion (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
4 of 1,070 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,066 Bennington residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennington.

1,066live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
503work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bennington goes to work

Council BluffsYutanBoys TownBenningtonValleyLa VistaBlairGretnaFremontPapillionBellevueLincolnOmahaTownship 1OmahaLincolnPapillionCouncil BluffsLa VistaFremontBoys TownValleyBlairGretnaBennington
1
Omaha9.2 mi away
67%716
2
Lincoln46.9 mi away
3%32
3
Papillion16.1 mi away
2%25
4
Council Bluffs, IA18.4 mi away
2%22
5
La Vista13.7 mi away
1%16
6
Fremont17.6 mi away
1%12
7
Boys Town8.1 mi away
1%11
8
Valley11 mi away
1%11
9
Blair12 mi away
1%11
10
Gretna16.7 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%204

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.

45%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
4%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bennington is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennington are

507 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

507 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bennington residents hold

1,070 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month74%
+92%

Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 507. 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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