Kilkenny has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. Employers in Kilkenny report 19 jobs; 80 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Kilkenny for work; outside it, Montgomery is the main destination (6%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kilkenny quiets down on a workday
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 92 people are in Kilkenny on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Kilkenny ends
Where Kilkenny clocks in
6% 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.
Most jobs in Kilkenny are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kilkenny, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 19. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kilkenny’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Kilkenny’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kilkenny workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Kilkenny
About 16% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Kilkenny: questions
What is the median household income in Kilkenny?
$48,750 (±$31,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kilkenny?
12.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kilkenny?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kilkenny work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (6%, 9 mi), New Prague (6%, 16 mi), Burnsville (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kilkenny 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 Kilkenny, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kilkenny
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.