Work & commute · Kimball

Work & commute in Kimball, SD

Most working residents leave Kimball for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Chamberlain (15%), Sioux Falls (12%) and Mitchell (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

32 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 180 Kimball residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimball.

180live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimball goes to work

Kimball (in town)right here

15%32

Chamberlain19 mi away

15%32

Sioux Falls112.1 mi away

12%26

Mitchell45.7 mi away

6%12

Presho56 mi away

3%6

Huron56.4 mi away

2%4

Rapid City213.3 mi away

2%4

Kimball1.7 mi away

2%4

Platte25.5 mi away

1%3

Pierre80.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%86

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.

21%

20%

16%

43%

21%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimball is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimball are

283 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

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Kimball residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+37%

Jobs based in Kimball, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 283. 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.