Work & commute · Knightsen

Work & commute in Knightsen, CA

Most working residents leave Knightsen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brentwood (9%), San Francisco (8%) and Concord (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 684 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 683 Knightsen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knightsen.

683live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knightsen goes to work

Brentwood4.3 mi away

9%62

San Francisco77.2 mi away

8%54

Concord19.3 mi away

6%43

Walnut Creek21.8 mi away

5%35

Oakland34.2 mi away

5%32

Oakley2.9 mi away

4%28

San Jose47 mi away

4%25

Antioch8.2 mi away

4%24

Livermore20 mi away

3%22

Pleasanton24.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%342

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Knightsen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

32%

37%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knightsen is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Knightsen are

261 jobs are based in Knightsen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Knightsen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Knightsen

261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Knightsen residents hold

684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+86%

Jobs based in Knightsen, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 261. 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.