Households in Camargo have lower incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
2% of workers work from home (Kentucky 10%). 26.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 16.1% for Kentucky as a whole. For jobs and income Camargo is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Camargo: the figures worth knowing
Camargo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Camargo is Lexington, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (72) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Camargo is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Camargo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Camargo has about 720 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Camargo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Camargo’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Camargo’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (7.0%) is left out: Camargo’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, Camargo could be anywhere from D to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Camargo
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.
The daily commute in and out of Camargo
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Camargo on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
Getting to work from Camargo takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camargo workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
18% of working residents work in Lexington
Where Camargo clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Camargo: what the 66 are
66 jobs are based in Camargo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camargo, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 66. 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 Camargo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Camargo walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Kentucky, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 253 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). 7.4% of Camargo households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Camargo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Camargo comes 2,498th 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Heritage Creek KY | 1,244 | $100K | 2.4% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,496 | Sebastian TX | 1,021 | $23K | 38.0% | 12.6% | <1% | D |
| 2,497 | Raven VA | 1,345 | $53K | 12.8% | 9.6% | 2% | D |
| 2,498 | Camargo KY | 1,051 | $48K | 26.7% | 7.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,499 | Frankfort MI | 1,280 | $54K | 12.3% | 6.7% | 27% | D |
| 2,500 | Appleton City MO | 1,096 | $49K | 10.9% | 2.4% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Camargo, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
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 Camargo: questions
What is the median household income in Camargo?
$47,625 (±$13,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camargo?
26.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camargo?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camargo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (18%, 31 mi), Mount Sterling (14%, 6 mi), Winchester (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Camargo walkable?
Camargo is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Camargo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Camargo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camargo
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.