Work & commute · Knox

Work & commute in Knox, IL

Most working residents leave Knox for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Galesburg (35%), Peoria (9%) and Knoxville (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 2,079 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,883 Knox residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knox.

1,883live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knox goes to work

Galesburg6 mi away

35%730

Peoria36 mi away

9%190

Knoxville1.9 mi away

8%170

Monmouth19.8 mi away

2%40

Moline40.1 mi away

2%34

East Peoria41.6 mi away

2%32

Chicago147.7 mi away

1%29

Bloomington74.7 mi away

1%23

Knox (in town)right here

1%22

East Moline41.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%790

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

How far

How far Knox commutes

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

46%

24%

25%

46%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knox is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Knox are

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

Jobs based in Knox

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Knox residents hold

2,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+37%

Jobs based in Knox, 2013 → 2023: 559 → 764. 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.