William Frederick Holmes House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in McComb have lower incomes than those in 96% of U.S. towns
McComb grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 27.1% of residents are in poverty, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. About one in three stay in McComb for work; outside it, Brookhaven is the main destination (5%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from McComb, in brief
McComb is where the jobs are
McComb has 9,112 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 17,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 12,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
McComb draws workers from far and wide
The 9,112 jobs in McComb are filled from a wide area. McComb’s own residents hold 16% and the ten next-biggest home towns 11%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of McComb workers earn over $40,000 a year
35% of McComb’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from McComb are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi 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.
The figures behind McComb’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, McComb is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #66 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds McComb’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,707, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McComb could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily commute in and out of McComb
On a workday 2,706 residents head out to work, 1,471 work right here, and 7,641 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in McComb on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to McComb
Where McComb clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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 McComb’s employers do
9,112 jobs are based in McComb.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McComb, 2013 → 2023: 9,535 → 9,112. 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 McComb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from McComb
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.
Commuting from McComb: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McComb workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,122 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% 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.
Few in McComb walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McComb is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #24 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,166 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). 9.9% of McComb households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McComb’s commuters take a bus or train.
McComb next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,339 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,401 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,527 | Sutherlin OR | 8,635 | $51K | 12.6% | 7.6% | 15% | D |
| 2,528 | Robstown TX | 10,324 | $34K | 32.2% | 8.2% | 16% | D |
| 2,529 | McComb MS | 11,697 | $41K | 27.1% | 5.6% | 35% | D |
| 2,530 | Lincoln City OR | 10,117 | $57K | 14.1% | 6.7% | 36% | D |
| 2,531 | Upper Township OH | 13,816 | $49K | 22.3% | 5.9% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 McComb, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
McComb and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Summit (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of McComb’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 McComb: questions
What is the median household income in McComb?
$40,707 (±$3,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McComb?
27.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McComb?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McComb work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (5%, 23 mi), Magnolia (4%, 6 mi), Hattiesburg (3%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McComb walkable?
McComb is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McComb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McComb, from the people who make the trip.
More of McComb
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.