With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of St. Benedict works elsewhere
4 jobs are based in St. Benedict, and 23 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in St. Benedict for work; outside it, Seneca is the main destination (43%, 4 miles). For 73% of workers, the job is at home (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes St. Benedict
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in St. Benedict on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places St. Benedict commutes to
Where St. Benedict clocks in
43% 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.
100% of the jobs in St. Benedict pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Benedict’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Benedict
of St. Benedict workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 73% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles St. Benedict commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 St. Benedict: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Benedict?
30.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Benedict work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seneca (43%, 4 mi), Sabetha (17%, 16 mi), Bern (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around St. Benedict without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Benedict, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Benedict
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.