Work & commute · Kimball

Work & commute in Kimball, TN

Most working residents leave Kimball for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (25%), South Pittsburg (11%) and Jasper (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 597 Kimball residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimball.

597live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimball goes to work

Chattanooga24.1 mi away

25%161

South Pittsburg3.5 mi away

11%71

Jasper3 mi away

11%69

Kimball (in town)right here

7%44

Bridgeport, AL7.3 mi away

2%15

Cleveland46.3 mi away

2%15

Knoxville116.1 mi away

2%12

Manchester36.6 mi away

2%10

Memphis242.8 mi away

1%9

New Hope3.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%227

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.

35%

25%

18%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimball is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimball are

1,578 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

1,578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Kimball residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Kimball, 2013 → 2023: 1,439 → 1,578. 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.