Work & commute · Kimballton

Work & commute in Kimballton, IA

Most working residents leave Kimballton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Audubon (17%), Des Moines (5%) and Manning (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 145 Kimballton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimballton.

145live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimballton goes to work

Audubon9.8 mi away

17%25

Des Moines75.8 mi away

5%8

Manning19.5 mi away

5%7

Carroll32.5 mi away

4%6

Atlantic16.4 mi away

3%5

Omaha, NE56.6 mi away

3%4

Council Bluffs48.6 mi away

2%3

Sioux City90.3 mi away

2%3

Defiance19.3 mi away

1%2

Elk Horn2.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%81

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

How far

How far Kimballton commutes

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

19%

27%

17%

36%

19%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimballton is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimballton are

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

Jobs based in Kimballton

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Kimballton residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−91%

Jobs based in Kimballton, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 8. 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.