Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Holcomb Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Holcomb Township grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 103 jobs in Holcomb Township; 424 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Holcomb Township, in brief
Holcomb Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Holcomb Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Holcomb Township has about 940 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Holcomb Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 424 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Holcomb Township
On income, poverty and job access, Holcomb Township is better than 7% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Holcomb Township’s grade.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Holcomb Township’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, Holcomb Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Who commutes out of Holcomb Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Holcomb Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
About 29 minutes to work from Holcomb Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holcomb Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
16% of working residents work in Kennett
Where Holcomb Township clocks in
16% 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.
What Holcomb Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holcomb Township, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 103. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Holcomb Township
About 24% 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.
Most of Holcomb Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holcomb Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 483 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). 10.6% of Holcomb Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holcomb Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Holcomb Township ranks: 4,242nd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 35 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fremont Hills MO | 1,098 | $171K | 3.9% | 1.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,240 | Harvey ND | 1,532 | $43K | 12.0% | 1.4% | 51% | D |
| 4,241 | Wheatland Township MI | 1,455 | $55K | 18.4% | 8.3% | 7% | D |
| 4,242 | Holcomb Township MO | 1,264 | $49K | 15.7% | 2.5% | 2% | D |
| 4,243 | Brush Creek Township OH | 1,106 | $67K | 23.1% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,244 | White Eyes Township OH | 1,235 | $35K | 16.4% | 2.3% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Holcomb Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Next door to Holcomb Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holcomb Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holcomb Township | – | D | D | 29 min | $49,167 |
| Freeborn Township | under 2% | D− | C | 31 min | $45,882 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | C− | 24 min | $50,938 |
| Independence Township | under 2% | D | B | 22 min | $55,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Holcomb 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 Holcomb Township: questions
What is the median household income in Holcomb Township?
$49,167 (±$14,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holcomb Township?
15.7%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holcomb Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holcomb Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennett (16%, 10 mi), Clarkton (8%, 6 mi), Poplar Bluff (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holcomb Township walkable?
Holcomb Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holcomb Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holcomb Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holcomb 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. 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.