Work means Lincoln for about two in three of Bennet’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Bennet A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Bennet is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. Hardly any stay in Bennet for work; outside it, Lincoln is the main destination (68%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bennet apart on work
More than half of Bennet works in Lincoln
398 working residents, 68%, have their main job in Lincoln, 13 miles away. That’s far more as work in Bennet itself. The commute map ↓
Bennet is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Bennet, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bennet has about 590 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bennet workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 19 across Nebraska. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 582 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Bennet’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bennet is better than 83% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($105,859, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Bennet’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bennet could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Commuting out of Bennet: the destinations
Where Bennet clocks in
68% of workers
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Bennet
On a workday 581 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Bennet on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Bennet
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennet workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 608 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 86% 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.
Goods jobs make up 40% of work in Bennet
68 jobs are based in Bennet.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Bennet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Bennet, 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.
Bennet is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bennet is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.5% across Nebraska, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 665 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). 0.4% of Bennet households have no vehicle (Nebraska 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bennet’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bennet is 274th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Yutan NE | 1,451 | $103K | 0.7% | 8.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Buccaneer Bay NE | 1,418 | $161K | 4.9% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Pohocco Township NE | 1,296 | $100K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Stockbridge WI | 1,419 | $99K | 3.7% | 1.0% | 2% | A− |
| 273 | Oakdale PA | 1,413 | $93K | 8.0% | 3.0% | 4% | A− |
| 274 | Bennet NE | 1,104 | $106K | 5.1% | 1.3% | <1% | A− |
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 276 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bennet, the top three, the last and three more from Nebraska.
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 Bennet: questions
What is the median household income in Bennet?
$105,859 (±$20,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennet?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennet?
27 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennet work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (68%, 13 mi), Omaha (6%, 46 mi), Firth (1%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bennet walkable?
Bennet is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bennet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bennet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bennet
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.