Floyds Knobs’ household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A−: better than 85% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #78 of 593 in Indiana.
Walkability D: more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns · #504 of 593 in Indiana.
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Floyds Knobs; the top destination outside it is New Albany (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Floyds Knobs, in brief
Floyds Knobs and New Albany trade workers both ways
New Albany is the top workplace for Floyds Knobs residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Floyds Knobs come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Floyds Knobs
68% of Floyds Knobs residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Floyds Knobs pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Floyds Knobs has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Floyds Knobs went from 688 in 2013 to 980 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Floyds Knobs pay little
26% of the jobs based in Floyds Knobs pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Floyds Knobs’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Floyds Knobs is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #78 of 593 in Indiana. Household income holds Floyds Knobs’ grade up ($126,341, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Floyds Knobs could be anywhere from B to A+.
21% of working residents work in New Albany
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Floyds Knobs clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 980 jobs in Floyds Knobs are
980 jobs are based in Floyds Knobs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Floyds Knobs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floyds Knobs, 2013 → 2023: 688 → 980. 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.
Floyds Knobs quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,164 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 930 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Floyds Knobs on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, about the IN average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floyds Knobs workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,774 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Floyds Knobs commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Floyds Knobs start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Floyds Knobs is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #504 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,162 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Floyds Knobs households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Floyds Knobs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Floyds Knobs is 605th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Floyds Knobs, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 603 | Bennington Township OH | 3,346 | $107K | 5.1% | 3.3% | 6% | A− |
| 604 | Lake Holiday IL | 5,641 | $108K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 605 | Floyds Knobs IN | 4,515 | $126K | 4.1% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| 606 | Peotone IL | 4,225 | $109K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 9% | A− |
| 607 | South Harrison Township NJ | 3,479 | $140K | 5.1% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Floyds Knobs and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to New Albany Township (2%). Darker towns draw more of Floyds Knobs’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Floyds Knobs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyds Knobs | – | A− | D | 25 min | $126,341 |
| New Albany Township | 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $65,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Floyds Knobs: questions
What is the median household income in Floyds Knobs?
$126,341 (±$18,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floyds Knobs?
4.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floyds Knobs?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floyds Knobs work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Albany (21%, 4 mi), Louisville (9%, 16 mi), Jeffersonville (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Floyds Knobs walkable?
Floyds Knobs is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Floyds Knobs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floyds Knobs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floyds Knobs
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.