Work & commute · Knight

Work & commute in Knight, IN

About one in 4 of Knight’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Evansville (59%), Ohio (4%) and Patoka (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

8,162 of 30,016 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 21,854 Knight residents head out of town to work, 8,162 work right here, and 28,045 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knight.

21,854live here, work elsewhere

8,162live and work here

28,045work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knight goes to work

Evansville2.5 mi away

59%17,792

Ohio5.8 mi away

4%1,190

Patoka26.8 mi away

3%1,027

Scott11.6 mi away

2%713

Center5.9 mi away

2%695

Perry8.3 mi away

2%563

Henderson, KY10.1 mi away

1%334

Center144.7 mi away

1%302

Washington150.6 mi away

1%242

Boonville12.4 mi away

1%225

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%6,933

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

How far

How far Knight commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knight is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knight are

36,207 jobs are based in Knight. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Knight’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Knight

36,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Knight residents hold

30,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Knight, 2013 → 2023: 40,559 → 36,207. 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.