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Jobs & commute in Kimbolton

Where Kimbolton earns its living

Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers (Ohio 13%). Hardly any work in Kimbolton itself; outside it, Cambridge draws the most (14%, 9 miles). Kimbolton has 51 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Kimbolton, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday84
140live here− 51head out to work+ 0come in to work= 84on a workday

About 84 people are in Kimbolton on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Kimbolton’s residents

Chicago: 1 residents work here (2%)Byesville: 1 residents work here (2%)New Concord: 5 residents work here (10%)Barnesville: 1 residents work here (2%)Newcomerstown: 1 residents work here (2%)Brooklyn: 1 residents work here (2%)Cambridge: 7 residents work here (14%)New Philadelphia: 2 residents work here (4%)Zanesville: 6 residents work here (12%)Jackson Township: 4 residents work here (8%)KimboltonCambridgeZanesvilleNew ConcordJackson TownshipNew PhiladelphiaChicagoKimbolton
1
Cambridge9 mi away
14%7
2
Zanesville26.7 mi away
12%6
3
New Concord13.8 mi away
10%5
4
Jackson Township12.5 mi away
8%4
5
New Philadelphia24.3 mi away
4%2
6
Chicago, IL339.1 mi away
2%1
7
Byesville12.3 mi away
2%1
8
Barnesville24 mi away
2%1
9
Newcomerstown8.7 mi away
2%1
10
Brooklyn89.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%22
The top trips

Where Kimbolton clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kimbolton

Working from home
19%

of Kimbolton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Kimbolton gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 53 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.

How far

The distance from Kimbolton to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCambridge: 14% · 9 miZanesville: 12% · 26.7 miNew Concord: 10% · 13.8 miJackson Township: 8% · 12.5 miNew Philadelphia: 4% · 24.3 miChicago: 2% · 339.1 miByesville: 2% · 12.3 miBarnesville: 2% · 24 miNewcomerstown: 2% · 8.7 miBrooklyn: 2% · 89.2 miCambridge 14%Zanesville 12%Jackson Township 8%New Philadelphia 4%Kimbolton
KimboltonTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi10 residents
37%10–24 mi19 residents
24%25–50 mi12 residents
20%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 20% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kimbolton: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kimbolton?

0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Kimbolton work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (14%, 9 mi), Zanesville (12%, 27 mi), New Concord (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Kimbolton 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 Kimbolton, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kimbolton

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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.