Work & commute · Knightdale

Work & commute in Knightdale, NC

Most working residents leave Knightdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (41%), Durham (9%) and Cary (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

406 of 10,510 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,104 Knightdale residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 6,666 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knightdale.

10,104live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

6,666work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knightdale goes to work

Raleigh8.6 mi away

41%4,275

Durham25.9 mi away

9%895

Cary18.4 mi away

7%697

Charlotte137.3 mi away

4%439

Knightdale (in town)right here

4%406

Garner9.7 mi away

3%310

Morrisville19.4 mi away

2%190

Wake Forest11.9 mi away

1%157

Chapel Hill31.9 mi away

1%132

Greensboro77.1 mi away

1%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,878

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

How far

How far Knightdale commutes

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

38%

35%

12%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knightdale is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Knightdale are

7,072 jobs are based in Knightdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Knightdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Knightdale

7,072 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Knightdale residents hold

10,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+35%

Jobs based in Knightdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,224 → 7,072. 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.