Photo: Larry Syverson · CC BY-SA 2.0Kimballton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Kimballton; the top destination outside it is Audubon (17%, 10 miles). There are 8 jobs in Kimballton; 146 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Kimballton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Kimballton on a workday afternoon, 50% 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.
Where Kimballton goes to work
Where Kimballton clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
Kimballton is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kimballton, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 8. 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 Kimballton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kimballton: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kimballton workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Kimballton’s commute, mile by mile
About 36% 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.
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 Kimballton: questions
What is the median household income in Kimballton?
$55,417 (±$20,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kimballton?
32.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kimballton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kimballton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Audubon (17%, 10 mi), Des Moines (5%, 76 mi), Manning (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kimballton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kimballton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kimballton
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.