Photo: OsotedeMonte · CC BY 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Knights Ferry
Hardly any work in Knights Ferry itself; outside it, Modesto draws the most (17%, 22 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 10 minutes (California 29, U.S. 26). There are 37 jobs in Knights Ferry for 41 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Knights Ferry
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Knights Ferry ends
Where Knights Ferry clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Knights Ferry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knights Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 37. 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 Knights Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 10 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knights Ferry workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Knights Ferry
About 34% 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.
Work in the towns next to Knights Ferry
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knights Ferry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Ferry | – | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Orange Blossom | under 3% | B | D− | 44 min | $104,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knights Ferry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Knights Ferry: questions
What is the poverty rate in Knights Ferry?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knights Ferry?
10 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knights Ferry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (17%, 22 mi), Stockton (12%, 36 mi), Oakdale (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Knights Ferry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knights Ferry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knights Ferry
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.