With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Knowlton works elsewhere
Employers in Knowlton report 401 jobs, against 986 working residents. Knowlton grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 3% work in Knowlton itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Knowlton: the figures worth knowing
Knowlton makes and builds things
69% of the jobs based in Knowlton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Knowlton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Knowlton pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Knowlton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 986 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Knowlton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Knowlton is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Knowlton’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Knowlton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Knowlton could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 69% of the jobs in Knowlton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Knowlton, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 401. 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 Knowlton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Knowlton by day
On a workday 952 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Knowlton on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Knowlton: the destinations
Where Knowlton clocks in
15% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Knowlton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Knowlton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 661 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far it is to work from Knowlton
About 22% 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.
For most of Knowlton, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Knowlton is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Knowlton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 733 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). 4.6% of Knowlton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Knowlton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Knowlton comes 1,237th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,235 | East Berlin PA | 1,582 | $74K | 6.5% | 8.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,236 | Juniata Township PA | 1,562 | $92K | 2.0% | 1.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,237 | Knowlton WI | 2,003 | $93K | 6.3% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,238 | Woodacre CA | 1,627 | $232K | 9.0% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,239 | Clinton WI | 2,336 | $72K | 5.9% | 4.2% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Knowlton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Knowlton
The biggest share goes to Mosinee (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Knowlton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton | – | B+ | D | 22 min | $93,043 |
| Mosinee | 5% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,479 |
| Guenther | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bergen | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Guenther: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Bergen: 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 Knowlton’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 Knowlton: questions
What is the median household income in Knowlton?
$93,043 (±$12,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Knowlton?
6.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Knowlton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Knowlton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (15%, 16 mi), Marshfield (13%, 25 mi), Stevens Point (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Knowlton walkable?
Knowlton is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Knowlton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Knowlton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Knowlton
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.