Work & commute · Kimberly

Work & commute in Kimberly, AL

Most working residents leave Kimberly for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (34%), Homewood (7%) and Hoover (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,884 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,859 Kimberly residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimberly.

1,859live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimberly goes to work

Birmingham17.3 mi away

34%637

Homewood22 mi away

7%137

Hoover27.8 mi away

6%115

Gardendale6.9 mi away

5%90

Vestavia Hills22 mi away

2%45

Fultondale11 mi away

2%38

Bessemer29.8 mi away

2%33

Pelham31.1 mi away

2%33

Irondale18.3 mi away

2%31

Trussville16 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%694

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Kimberly commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

12%

61%

15%

12%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimberly is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimberly are

325 jobs are based in Kimberly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kimberly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kimberly

325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Kimberly residents hold

1,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Kimberly, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 325. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.