Work & commute · Kimball

Work & commute in Kimball, MI

Most working residents leave Kimball for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Port Huron (17%), Marysville (7%) and Detroit (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 4,216 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,071 Kimball residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 991 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimball.

4,071live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

991work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimball goes to work

Port Huron7.1 mi away

17%709

Marysville5 mi away

7%300

Detroit47.9 mi away

5%201

Port Huron4.6 mi away

4%166

Kimball (in town)right here

3%145

Fort Gratiot7.7 mi away

3%130

Auburn Hills39.5 mi away

3%127

St. Clair9.2 mi away

3%114

Warren39.4 mi away

3%114

Clinton30.7 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,105

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

How far

How far Kimball commutes

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

38%

12%

31%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimball is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimball are

1,136 jobs are based in Kimball. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kimball’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kimball

1,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kimball residents hold

4,216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Kimball, 2011 → 2021: 1,090 → 1,136. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.