Work & commute · Kimberly

Work & commute in Kimberly, WI

Most working residents leave Kimberly for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (21%), Grand Chute (8%) and Fox Crossing (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 3,800 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,604 Kimberly residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 3,351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kimberly.

3,604live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

3,351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kimberly goes to work

Appleton2.6 mi away

21%786

Grand Chute6 mi away

8%313

Fox Crossing7.6 mi away

5%204

Kimberly (in town)right here

5%196

Neenah10 mi away

5%195

Little Chute1.9 mi away

5%180

Kaukauna3.7 mi away

4%149

Oshkosh20.2 mi away

4%144

Green Bay24.7 mi away

3%126

Buchanan5 mi away

3%126

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,381

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

How far

How far Kimberly commutes

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

62%

20%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kimberly is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kimberly are

3,547 jobs are based in Kimberly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kimberly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kimberly

3,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Kimberly residents hold

3,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+46%

Jobs based in Kimberly, 2013 → 2023: 2,425 → 3,547. 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.