Most of Knapp commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%. Employers in Knapp report 52 jobs for 116 working residents. Hardly any work in Knapp; the top destination outside it is Black River Falls (23%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Knapp: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Knapp on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The towns that employ Knapp’s residents
Where Knapp clocks in
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.
Making and building: 87% of jobs based in Knapp
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knapp, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 52. 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 Knapp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Knapp: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knapp workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The distance from Knapp to work
About 31% 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.
Around Knapp: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knapp workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knapp | – | — | — | 27 min | $72,500 |
| City Point | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Millston | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bear Bluff | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lincoln | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. City Point, Millston and Bear Bluff: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lincoln: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Knapp’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 Knapp: questions
What is the median household income in Knapp?
$72,500 (±$14,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knapp?
6.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knapp?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knapp work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Black River Falls (23%, 17 mi), La Crosse (9%, 47 mi), Brockway (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Knapp 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 Knapp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knapp
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.