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Work & commute · Knowles

Work & commute in Knowles, OK

Most working residents leave Knowles for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Liberal (25%), Beaver (25%) and Mertilla (25%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 4 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— 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 4 Knowles residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knowles.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Knowles goes to work

Garden CityLiberalKnowlesForganLaverneBeaverGoodwellWoodwardMertillaLittle PonderosaTurpinLiberalBeaverMertillaKnowles
1
Liberal, KS42.3 mi away
25%1
2
Beaver18.7 mi away
25%1
3
Mertilla, KS40 mi away
25%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%1

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

How far

How far Knowles commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
50%25–50 mi
0%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Knowles is a job hub

4.25jobs per working resident
A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Knowles are

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

Jobs based in Knowles

17 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Knowles residents hold

4 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month50%
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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