Photo: Wikipedian Kbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0Knob Lick at work: jobs, income and the commute
There are 44 jobs in Knob Lick, against 57 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. Hardly any work in Knob Lick itself; outside it, Farmington draws the most (37%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Knob Lick on a workday
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Knob Lick on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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 people from Knob Lick work
Where Knob Lick clocks in
37% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
70% of the jobs in Knob Lick pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knob Lick, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 44. 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 Knob Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Knob Lick
of Knob Lick workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Knob Lick’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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 Knob Lick: questions
What is the poverty rate in Knob Lick?
0.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Knob Lick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (37%, 8 mi), St. Louis (12%, 66 mi), Fredericktown (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Knob Lick 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 Knob Lick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knob Lick
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.