With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Holcomb works elsewhere
For jobs and income Holcomb is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). 314 jobs are based in Holcomb for 967 working residents. Only 5% stay in Holcomb for work; outside it, Garden City is the main destination (36%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Holcomb apart on work
Holcomb and Garden City trade workers both ways
Garden City is the top workplace for Holcomb residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Holcomb come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Holcomb residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Holcomb empties out on a workday
About 1,500 people are in Holcomb on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,200 who live here: 920 head out to work and 260 come in. Day and night ↓
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 967 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Holcomb’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Holcomb’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Holcomb could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The places Holcomb commutes to
Where Holcomb clocks in
36% of workers
9% 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.
The commute from Holcomb, 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.
In and out of Holcomb on a workday
On a workday 917 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Holcomb on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Jobs in Holcomb: what the 314 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holcomb, 2013 → 2023: 345 → 314. 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 Holcomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Holcomb: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holcomb workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,016 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Holcomb is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,074 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). 2.8% of Holcomb households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holcomb’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,352nd of 5,641: where Holcomb ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Oxford Township KS | 2,058 | $163K | 1.9% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,350 | Conesus NY | 2,323 | $80K | 7.0% | 3.5% | 3% | B− |
| 2,351 | Perry Township OH | 1,590 | $68K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,352 | Holcomb KS | 2,190 | $79K | 12.2% | 3.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,353 | Frenchtown MT | 1,927 | $95K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,354 | Seward AK | 2,892 | $85K | 9.3% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Holcomb, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 Holcomb: questions
What is the median household income in Holcomb?
$78,571 (±$25,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holcomb?
12.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holcomb?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holcomb work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garden City (36%, 8 mi), Sherlock Township (14%, 4 mi), Garden City Township (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holcomb walkable?
Holcomb is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holcomb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holcomb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holcomb
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.