China Grove Methodist Church · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Kokomo commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
100% of workers have no commute at all; Mississippi has 6%. Kokomo has 20 jobs, and 49 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Kokomo itself; outside it, Columbia draws the most (35%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Kokomo
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Kokomo on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Where Kokomo’s working residents head each day
Where Kokomo clocks in
35% of workers
4% 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.
65% of the jobs in Kokomo pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kokomo, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 20. 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 Kokomo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kokomo
of Kokomo workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Kokomo, by distance
About 36% 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 Kokomo: questions
What is the median household income in Kokomo?
$96,324 (±$30,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kokomo?
4.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kokomo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbia (35%, 11 mi), Ridgeland (6%, 85 mi), New Orleans (4%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kokomo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kokomo
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.