Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: McComb has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 1,574 people come in to work
McComb grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability. 1,627 jobs are based in McComb for 752 working residents. For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
McComb at work: what stands out
McComb makes and builds things
92% of the jobs based in McComb are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs McComb residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
McComb is where the jobs are
McComb has 1,627 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,400 people are in town, 56% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
McComb and Findlay trade workers both ways
Findlay is the top workplace for McComb residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in McComb come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 752 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in McComb: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, McComb is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds McComb’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,112, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: McComb’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, McComb could be anywhere from C− to B−.
McComb works in goods: 92% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McComb, 2013 → 2023: 1,915 → 1,627. 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.
The daily commute in and out of McComb
On a workday 699 residents head out to work and 53 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in McComb on a workday afternoon, 56% more 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 McComb’s workforce comes from
Where McComb clocks in
32% 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.
About 19 minutes to work from McComb
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McComb workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 627 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
How many miles McComb commutes
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.
In McComb, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McComb is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 643 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). 2.0% of McComb households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McComb’s commuters take a bus or train.
McComb is 3,135th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Britt IA | 1,981 | $73K | 10.1% | 2.4% | 19% | C |
| 3,134 | Livonia LA | 1,134 | $73K | 20.1% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,135 | McComb OH | 1,549 | $64K | 9.8% | 2.7% | 7% | C |
| 3,136 | Prosperity SC | 1,259 | $63K | 10.1% | 4.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,137 | Auburn Township OH | 1,105 | $77K | 15.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 McComb, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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?
$64,112 (±$8,077) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McComb?
9.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McComb?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McComb work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (32%, 9 mi), Allen Township (10%, 7 mi), Liberty Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McComb walkable?
McComb is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 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 2% 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.