Kieler has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The average commute takes 22 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). There are 56 jobs in Kieler for 256 working residents. Hardly any stay in Kieler for work; outside it, Dubuque is the main destination (32%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kieler
Many Kieler workers cross into Iowa
64% of Kieler workers work outside Wisconsin, most of them in Iowa, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Kieler is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Kieler, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kieler has about 160 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kieler and Dubuque trade workers both ways
Dubuque is the top workplace for Kieler residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Kieler come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 256 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Kieler work
Where Kieler clocks in
32% of workers
7% 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.
Who leaves Kieler for work, and who comes in
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Kieler on a workday afternoon, 56% 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.
Kieler makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kieler, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 56. 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 Kieler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Kieler
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kieler workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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 Kieler goes to work
About 18% 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.
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 Kieler: questions
What is the median household income in Kieler?
$78,750 (±$36,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kieler?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kieler?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kieler work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (32%, 8 mi), Hazel Green (7%, 9 mi), Platteville (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kieler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kieler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kieler
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.