Glenn A. Black House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork means Evansville for more than half of Knight Township’s working residents
About one in four work in Knight Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (59%, 2 miles). For jobs and income Knight Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Knight Township is behind 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Knight Township, in a few figures
Most Knight Township residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Knight Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Indiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Indiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Knight Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Knight Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (16.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Knight Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
How far Knight Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Knight Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knight Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32,113 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Who commutes out of Knight Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 21,854 residents head out to work, 8,162 work right here, and 28,045 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 (1.21 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.
Commuting out of Knight Township: the destinations
Where Knight Township clocks in
59% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
What the 36,207 jobs in Knight Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knight Township, 2013 → 2023: 40,559 → 36,207. 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 Knight Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Knight Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 33,865 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.4% of Knight Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Knight Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Knight Township next to U.S. towns of 48,000 to 92,000: 503rd of 645 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 9 | Fall Creek Township IN | 75,188 | $146K | 3.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Westfield IN | 66,258 | $123K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Westfield Washington Township IN | 70,020 | $121K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 501 | Melbourne FL | 87,097 | $67K | 15.8% | 4.6% | 28% | C+ |
| 502 | Santa Fe NM | 89,837 | $73K | 12.9% | 5.1% | 58% | C+ |
| 503 | Knight Township IN | 68,332 | $58K | 16.4% | 4.1% | 27% | C+ |
| 504 | Decatur AL | 58,056 | $62K | 13.1% | 4.5% | 33% | C+ |
| 505 | Sioux City IA | 86,356 | $69K | 15.3% | 4.5% | 54% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 645 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Knight Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door is work for 66% of Knight Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knight Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Township | – | C+ | A− | 19 min | $58,227 |
| Center Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $78,964 |
| Pigeon Township | 1% | C− | A | 18 min | $42,766 |
| Evansville | 59% | C | A− | 18 min | $53,387 |
| Ohio Township | 4% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $92,550 |
| Melody Hill | under 1% | A | C− | 21 min | $93,906 |
| Campbell Township | under 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $121,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Evansville. Darker towns draw more of Knight Township’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 Knight Township: questions
What is the median household income in Knight Township?
$58,227 (±$1,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knight Township?
16.4%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knight Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knight Township work?
27% work in town.
Is Knight Township walkable?
Knight Township is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knight Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knight Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knight Township
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.