About half of Combs’ working residents commute to Hazard
There are 17 jobs in Combs; 104 of its residents have a job. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Kentucky 10%). Poverty touches 25.0% of residents, where Kentucky as a whole has 16.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Combs
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Combs on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
Where Combs’ working residents head each day
Where Combs clocks in
45% of workers
2% 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 Combs, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Combs, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 17. 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 Combs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Combs
of Combs workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Combs
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.
Combs and its neighbors: 45% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Hazard. Darker towns draw more of Combs’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 Combs: questions
What is the median household income in Combs?
$40,769 (±$5,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Combs?
25.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Combs work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Combs 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 Combs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Combs
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.