Most of Bennett commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Bennett is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Bennett has 824 jobs for 1,609 working residents. The two grades for Bennett are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bennett
Bennett workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 25 across Colorado. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Bennett has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bennett went from 425 in 2013 to 824 in 2023, +94%. The jobs ↓
Bennett’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Bennett is Denver, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (358) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bennett
68% of Bennett residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Bennett pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Bennett’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bennett is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #30 of 159 in Colorado. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bennett could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Time on the road from Bennett: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennett workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,614 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Bennett: what the 824 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bennett, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 824. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bennett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Bennett, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How a workday changes Bennett
On a workday 1,542 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 757 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Bennett on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Denver
Where Bennett clocks in
22% of workers
18% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Bennett, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bennett is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #120 of 159 in Colorado. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 6.4% across Colorado.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,720 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Bennett households have no vehicle (Colorado 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bennett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bennett is 324th among 3,962 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Stepping Stone CO | 3,137 | $224K | 0.0% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 43 | Todd Creek CO | 5,379 | $194K | 0.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Sierra Ridge CO | 3,663 | $158K | 0.1% | 2.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 322 | Hideaway TX | 3,459 | $110K | 2.7% | 0.8% | 4% | A |
| 323 | Essex MA | 3,770 | $157K | 8.1% | 1.5% | 15% | A |
| 324 | Bennett CO | 4,224 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 325 | Kildeer IL | 4,683 | $250K | 1.0% | 5.9% | 1% | A |
| 326 | Aurelius Township MI | 4,394 | $95K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bennett, the top three, the last and three more from Colorado.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bennett: questions
What is the median household income in Bennett?
$107,736 (±$12,798) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennett?
4.2%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennett?
39 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Colorado and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennett work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denver (22%, 24 mi), Aurora (18%, 16 mi), Commerce City (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bennett walkable?
Bennett is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bennett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bennett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bennett
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.