Work & commute · Knute

Work & commute in Knute, MN

Most working residents leave Knute for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (12%), Crookston (12%) and McIntosh (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

19 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 170 Knute residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knute.

170live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knute goes to work

Thief River Falls34.7 mi away

12%23

Crookston29.9 mi away

12%22

Knute (in town)right here

10%19

McIntosh5.6 mi away

7%14

Fertile14.4 mi away

6%11

Fosston12 mi away

5%10

Erskine2.9 mi away

4%7

Grand Forks, ND54.3 mi away

3%6

Mentor8.3 mi away

3%5

Winger6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%68

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

How far

How far Knute commutes

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

27%

22%

28%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knute is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Knute are

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

Jobs based in Knute

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Knute residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−22%

Jobs based in Knute, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 182. 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.