Jobs and earnings in Kimball Township, and the trip to work
Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, against 11.9% across South Dakota. 0% of workers work from home, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. 23 jobs are based in Kimball Township; 14 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kimball Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Kimball Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Kimball Township, and from where
Where Kimball Township clocks in
14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Kimball Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kimball Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 23. 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 Kimball Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kimball Township
of Kimball Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% 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 Kimball Township goes to work
About 29% 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.
36% of Kimball Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kimball Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Kimball | 36% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Plainfield Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
| Smith Township | under 8% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Highland Township | under 8% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Waldro Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kimball, Plainfield Township, Smith Township, Highland Township and Waldro Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kimball. Darker towns draw more of Kimball 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 Kimball Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kimball Township?
3.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kimball Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kimball (36%, 2 mi), Chamberlain (21%, 18 mi), Yankton (14%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kimball Township 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 Kimball Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kimball 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.