Kimberly has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Kimberly grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. 325 jobs are based in Kimberly for 1,884 working residents. Only 1% stay in Kimberly for work; outside it, Birmingham is the main destination (34%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kimberly at work: what stands out
Kimberly is a place people come home to
There are 325 jobs based in Kimberly, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kimberly has about 3,300 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Kimberly works in Birmingham
637 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Birmingham, 17 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Kimberly itself. The commute map ↓
Kimberly workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Kimberly’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kimberly is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #19 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kimberly could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Kimberly
On a workday 1,859 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Kimberly on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Kimberly to work: where people go
Where Kimberly clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Kimberly takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kimberly workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,220 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Kimberly
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kimberly, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 325. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kimberly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Kimberly works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Kimberly is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kimberly is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #177 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Kimberly near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,389 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Kimberly households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kimberly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600, Kimberly comes 494th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 492 | Granger Township OH | 4,673 | $124K | 7.6% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 493 | Barnhart MO | 5,785 | $96K | 4.8% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 494 | Kimberly AL | 4,858 | $97K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 495 | Colona IL | 4,938 | $80K | 3.8% | 0.6% | 5% | A |
| 496 | Wolverine Lake MI | 4,455 | $92K | 5.8% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Kimberly, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
The towns around Kimberly
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Kimberly’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Kimberly: questions
What is the median household income in Kimberly?
$97,429 (±$19,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kimberly?
3.4%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kimberly?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kimberly work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (34%, 17 mi), Homewood (7%, 22 mi), Hoover (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kimberly walkable?
Kimberly is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kimberly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kimberly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kimberly
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.