Work & commute · Kokomo

Work & commute in Kokomo, IN

44% of Kokomo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Center (3%), Carmel (3%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

10,746 of 24,401 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,655 Kokomo residents head out of town to work, 10,746 work right here, and 19,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kokomo.

13,655live here, work elsewhere

10,746live and work here

19,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kokomo goes to work

Kokomo (in town)right here

44%10,746

Center47.6 mi away

3%703

Carmel34.5 mi away

3%689

Washington40.7 mi away

3%622

Lafayette38.9 mi away

2%541

Frankfort25.1 mi away

2%458

Marion25.2 mi away

2%406

Lawrence41.5 mi away

2%398

Fort Wayne67.1 mi away

2%385

Noblesville30.3 mi away

2%377

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%9,076

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Kokomo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

27%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kokomo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kokomo are

30,455 jobs are based in Kokomo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kokomo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kokomo

30,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kokomo residents hold

24,401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+15%

Jobs based in Kokomo, 2013 → 2023: 26,471 → 30,455. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.