Work & commute · Kimmell

Work & commute in Kimmell, IN

Most working residents leave Kimmell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (10%), Goshen (6%) and Elkhart (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

61 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 166 Kimmell residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimmell.

166live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimmell goes to work

Fort Wayne29.9 mi away

10%17

Goshen19.1 mi away

6%10

Elkhart29.7 mi away

5%9

Albion6.8 mi away

5%8

Warsaw18.6 mi away

5%8

Turkey Creek8.8 mi away

4%6

Sparta2.3 mi away

3%5

Topeka10 mi away

2%4

Syracuse10.6 mi away

2%4

Ligonier5.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%94

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

How far

How far Kimmell commutes

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

32%

24%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimmell is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimmell are

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

Jobs based in Kimmell

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Kimmell residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Kimmell, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 19. 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.