Work & commute · Kiel

Work & commute in Kiel, WI

Most working residents leave Kiel for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (8%), Plymouth (7%) and New Holstein (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

353 of 1,976 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,623 Kiel residents head out of town to work, 353 work right here, and 2,348 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiel.

1,623live here, work elsewhere

353live and work here

2,348work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiel goes to work

Kiel (in town)right here

18%353

Sheboygan19.1 mi away

8%150

Plymouth12.2 mi away

7%142

New Holstein4.1 mi away

4%86

Chilton10.4 mi away

4%72

Kohler17.4 mi away

3%65

Manitowoc21.4 mi away

3%64

Schleswig3.2 mi away

3%50

Elkhart Lake5.9 mi away

2%43

Fond du Lac22.9 mi away

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%908

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

How far

How far Kiel commutes

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

34%

39%

13%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiel are

2,701 jobs are based in Kiel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kiel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kiel

2,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Kiel residents hold

1,976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+39%

Jobs based in Kiel, 2013 → 2023: 1,945 → 2,701. 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.