Work & commute · Pine Knot

Work & commute in Pine Knot, KY

Most working residents leave Pine Knot for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Stearns (10%), Somerset (9%) and Whitley City (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 363 Pine Knot residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Knot.

363live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Knot goes to work

Stearns2.9 mi away

10%37

Somerset30.5 mi away

9%35

Whitley City4.4 mi away

8%30

Pine Knot (in town)right here

6%24

Williamsburg16 mi away

4%14

Huntsville, TN17.6 mi away

3%10

Oneida, TN11.2 mi away

2%8

Burnside26.1 mi away

2%7

Lexington-Fayette urban county95 mi away

2%6

Monticello25.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%211

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

How far

How far Pine Knot commutes

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

33%

15%

22%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Knot is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Knot are

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

Jobs based in Pine Knot

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pine Knot residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+59%

Jobs based in Pine Knot, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 486. 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.