Kumla is unusual in terms of municipality seats in Svealand in that there is no connection to any kind of waterway in the centre of the town.

It is also an unusually flat town, since it is situated in the middle of the so-called Närke Plain.

Kumla is linked with several roads, including the highway E20 that is passing just west of the locality.

The E20 is the fastest route to both Gothenburg and Stockholm, which Kumla is situated relatively close to the middle between the two largest Swedish cities.

Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century.