Kimberly High School · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost no one in Kimberly’s labor force is looking for work
Kimberly grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. Only 8% work in Kimberly; the top destination outside it is Twin Falls (47%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Kimberly apart
Nearly half of Kimberly works in Twin Falls
928 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Twin Falls, 5 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Kimberly itself. The commute map ↓
Kimberly has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kimberly went from 642 in 2013 to 1,071 in 2023, +67%. The jobs ↓
Most Kimberly residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Kimberly’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kimberly is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #14 of 59 in Idaho. Unemployment holds Kimberly’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kimberly could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Kimberly ends
Where Kimberly clocks in
47% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Kimberly: 1,071 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kimberly, 2013 → 2023: 642 → 1,071. 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.
How far Kimberly’s workers travel
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.
The daily flow of workers through Kimberly
On a workday 1,834 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 920 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Kimberly on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Kimberly: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kimberly workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,962 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 84% 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.
In Kimberly, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kimberly is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #52 of 59 in Idaho. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,261 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). 1.5% of Kimberly households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kimberly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Kimberly is 1,404th among 3,375 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,270 | Rigby ID | 5,757 | $85K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,402 | Palmyra NJ | 7,664 | $90K | 10.2% | 6.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,403 | Brookville OH | 5,999 | $64K | 8.8% | 2.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,404 | Kimberly ID | 5,798 | $98K | 19.3% | 0.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,405 | Wheatland NY | 4,798 | $83K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,406 | Beechwood MS | 4,168 | $92K | 15.3% | 0.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,801 | Fruitland ID | 7,213 | $65K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,274 | Shelley ID | 5,303 | $78K | 10.8% | 7.0% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,375 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Idaho.
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?
$97,799 (±$34,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kimberly?
19.3%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kimberly?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kimberly work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Twin Falls (47%, 5 mi), Boise City (4%, 119 mi), Jerome (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kimberly walkable?
Kimberly is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 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 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.