Most of Kibler commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Kibler is behind 76% of U.S. towns. 59 jobs are based in Kibler; 415 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Kibler C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Kibler apart
Kibler is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Kibler, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kibler has about 670 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Kibler works in Fort Smith
141 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Fort Smith, 9.2 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Kibler itself. The commute map ↓
Kibler workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Arkansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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; with 415 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kibler
On income, poverty and job access, Kibler is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Kibler’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($58,500, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Kibler’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kibler could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Kibler
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Kibler on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
34% of working residents work in Fort Smith
Where Kibler clocks in
34% of workers
19% 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.
Commuting from Kibler: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kibler workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 407 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Kibler
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kibler, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 59. 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 Kibler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Kibler goes to work
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most of Kibler commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kibler is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kibler 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 432 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Kibler households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kibler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kibler is 1,376th among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 248 | Wooster AR | 1,150 | $112K | 5.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 820 | Oak Grove Heights AR | 1,195 | $82K | 7.4% | 0.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,374 | Batavia Township MI | 1,332 | $61K | 5.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,375 | Webb AL | 1,340 | $55K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,376 | Kibler AR | 1,029 | $59K | 9.5% | 3.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,377 | Ridgway CO | 1,324 | $84K | 7.2% | 8.5% | 26% | C+ |
| 1,378 | Brookfield Township IL | 1,060 | $84K | 12.3% | 21.7% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Kibler, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
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 Kibler: questions
What is the median household income in Kibler?
$58,500 (±$43,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kibler?
9.5%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kibler?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kibler work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Smith (34%, 9 mi), Van Buren (19%, 7 mi), Alma (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kibler walkable?
Kibler is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kibler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kibler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kibler
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.