Bennett is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 3,549 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bennett is the 118th largest community in Colorado. Housing costs in Bennett are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bennett is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bennett is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bennett who work in office and administrative support (14.58%), management occupations (11.51%), and sales jobs (9.94%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Bennett is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bennett, the average commute to work is 38.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Bennett does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Bennett citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.18% of adults in Bennett have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Bennett in 2022 was $39,847, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $159,388 for a family of four. However, Bennett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bennett is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bennett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bennett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bennett also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.76% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bennett include German, English, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Bennett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
