Work & commute · Knightstown

Work & commute in Knightstown, IN

Most working residents leave Knightstown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Greenfield (7%), Wayne (7%) and New Castle (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

72 of 704 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 632 Knightstown residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knightstown.

632live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knightstown goes to work

Knightstown (in town)right here

10%72

Greenfield12.8 mi away

7%51

Wayne2.3 mi away

7%48

New Castle12.1 mi away

5%35

Anderson22 mi away

4%26

Rushville13 mi away

3%24

Muncie28.8 mi away

3%22

Center32.3 mi away

3%19

Henry11.4 mi away

2%17

Washington33 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%375

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

How far

How far Knightstown commutes

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

23%

32%

25%

19%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knightstown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knightstown are

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

Jobs based in Knightstown

614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Knightstown residents hold

704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−11%

Jobs based in Knightstown, 2013 → 2023: 693 → 614. 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.