With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kimmel Township works elsewhere
At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Kimmel Township report 94 jobs, and 703 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Kimmel Township are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kimmel Township, in a few figures
Kimmel Township is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Kimmel Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kimmel Township has about 900 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Kimmel Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 703 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Kimmel Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kimmel Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kimmel Township’s grade up (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,000, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Kimmel Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kimmel Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Kimmel Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 690 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Kimmel Township 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 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Kimmel Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kimmel Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 595 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
14% of working residents work in Greenfield Township
Where Kimmel Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
In Kimmel Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kimmel Township, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 94. 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 Kimmel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Kimmel Township, by distance
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.
Most trips from Kimmel Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kimmel Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kimmel Township 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 611 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). 2.0% of Kimmel Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kimmel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Kimmel Township ranks 3,222nd of 5,397 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,220 | Schroon NY | 1,818 | $70K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 27% | C |
| 3,221 | Missouri Ridge Township ND | 1,662 | $125K | 32.2% | 3.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,222 | Kimmel Township PA | 1,513 | $62K | 10.7% | 1.4% | 2% | C |
| 3,223 | Springfield Township PA | 1,128 | $66K | 8.0% | 3.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,224 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 1,463 | $84K | 12.6% | 5.2% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Kimmel Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Kimmel Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Greenfield Township (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kimmel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmel Township | – | C | D− | 29 min | $62,000 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $90,500 |
| Greenfield Township | 14% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $60,590 |
| King Township | 4% | B− | D | 25 min | $73,942 |
| Pavia Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pavia Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kimmel Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Kimmel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kimmel Township?
$62,000 (±$9,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kimmel Township?
10.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kimmel Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kimmel Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield Township (14%, 4 mi), Bedford Township (9%, 14 mi), Altoona (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kimmel Township walkable?
Kimmel Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kimmel Township 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 Kimmel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kimmel Township
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.