Work & commute · Knox

Work & commute in Knox, NY

Most working residents leave Knox for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (24%), Colonie (13%) and Guilderland (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,204 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,187 Knox residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knox.

1,187live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knox goes to work

Albany15.7 mi away

24%290

Colonie16.6 mi away

13%151

Guilderland7.4 mi away

10%123

Schenectady12.2 mi away

5%58

New York140 mi away

5%55

Rotterdam10 mi away

4%43

Troy22.1 mi away

3%35

Bethlehem15.7 mi away

3%35

New Scotland10.2 mi away

3%34

Berne5.8 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%346

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.

15%

66%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knox is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Knox are

65 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

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Knox residents hold

1,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−2%

Jobs based in Knox, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 65. 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.