Work & commute · Knappa

Work & commute in Knappa, OR

Most working residents leave Knappa for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Astoria (15%), Portland (11%) and Warrenton (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 477 Knappa residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knappa.

477live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knappa goes to work

Astoria11.3 mi away

15%75

Portland62.6 mi away

11%54

Knappa (in town)right here

7%37

Warrenton16.7 mi away

5%27

Seaside20.6 mi away

4%20

Hillsboro54.4 mi away

4%18

Beaverton60.3 mi away

2%11

Clatskanie18.5 mi away

2%9

Tigard64.3 mi away

2%9

Vancouver, WA60 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%245

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

How far

How far Knappa commutes

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

16%

35%

42%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knappa is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Knappa are

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

Jobs based in Knappa

272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Knappa residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+13%

Jobs based in Knappa, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 272. 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.