Work & commute · Kimball

Work & commute in Kimball, NE

46% of Kimball’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sidney (4%), Scottsbluff (4%) and O'Neill (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

455 of 991 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 536 Kimball residents head out of town to work, 455 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimball.

536live here, work elsewhere

455live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimball goes to work

Kimball (in town)right here

46%455

Sidney36.1 mi away

4%41

Scottsbluff43.9 mi away

4%38

O'Neill271.2 mi away

3%34

Omaha394.6 mi away

2%23

Pine Bluffs, WY22.3 mi away

2%21

Cheyenne, WY60.1 mi away

1%14

Bushnell12.4 mi away

1%12

Lincoln364.8 mi away

1%12

Gering41.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%334

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.

61%

12%

21%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimball is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimball are

982 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

982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kimball residents hold

991 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+3%

Jobs based in Kimball, 2013 → 2023: 952 → 982. 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.