Work & commute · Kimball

Work & commute in Kimball, MN

Most working residents leave Kimball for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (23%), Cold Spring (5%) and Maine Prairie (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 371 Kimball residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimball.

371live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimball goes to work

St. Cloud16 mi away

23%92

Kimball (in town)right here

7%26

Cold Spring11.7 mi away

5%21

Maine Prairie2.5 mi away

5%21

Waite Park14.5 mi away

5%20

Annandale9.5 mi away

4%15

Maple Lake15.2 mi away

2%8

Litchfield17.2 mi away

2%8

Buffalo23.2 mi away

2%8

St. Joseph17.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%172

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.

18%

58%

10%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimball is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimball are

385 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

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Kimball residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+36%

Jobs based in Kimball, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 385. 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.