Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Knobel has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
7 jobs are based in Knobel, and 42 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Knobel for work; outside it, Corning is the main destination (19%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 19 minutes each way, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Knobel
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Knobel on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Knobel goes to work
Where Knobel clocks in
19% of workers
19% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Knobel: what the 7 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knobel, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Knobel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Knobel: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knobel workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Knobel, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Knobel: questions
What is the median household income in Knobel?
$98,242 (±$5,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knobel?
12.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knobel?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knobel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (19%, 7 mi), Paragould (19%, 19 mi), Poplar Bluff (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Knobel without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knobel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knobel
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.