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Work & commute · Knox

Work & commute in Knox, IN

About one in 4 of Knox’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (7%), La Porte (4%) and Winamac (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
23%
368 of 1,611 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,243 Knox residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 1,893 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knox.

1,243live here, work elsewhere
368live and work here
1,893work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Knox goes to work

North JudsonCulverWinamacWalkertonKnoxPlymouthValparaisoMishawakaLa PorteSouth BendGaryRailroadWashingtonWayneCaliforniaCenterOregonBass LakePlymouthLa PorteWinamacValparaisoSouth BendCulverWalkertonMishawakaGaryKnox
1
Knox (in town)right here
23%368
2
Plymouth16.2 mi away
7%117
3
La Porte22.6 mi away
4%62
4
Winamac16.4 mi away
4%59
5
Valparaiso25.9 mi away
3%47
6
South Bend32.3 mi away
3%41
7
Culver11.5 mi away
2%28
8
Walkerton14 mi away
2%25
9
Mishawaka35.6 mi away
2%25
10
Gary42.9 mi away
2%25
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%814

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.

27%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Knox is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knox are

2,261 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

2,261 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Knox residents hold

1,611 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+4%

Jobs based in Knox, 2013 → 2023: 2,181 → 2,261. 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.

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