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Jobs & commute in Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each

36 jobs are based in Mount Carmel, against 99 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mount Carmel for work; outside it, Pensacola is the main destination (14%, 38 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Florida as a whole has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Mount Carmel, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.

99live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
36work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday220
280live here− 99head out to work+ 36come in to work= 220on a workday

About 220 people are in Mount Carmel on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.36jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Mount Carmel goes to work

ThomasvilleJay: 3 residents work here (3%)Gulf Breeze: 2 residents work here (2%)Milton: 9 residents work here (9%)Pensacola: 14 residents work here (14%)WillisRoevilleMount CarmelWest Pensacola: 3 residents work here (3%)BrownsdaleBrent: 4 residents work here (4%)Ferry Pass: 4 residents work here (4%)Midway: 4 residents work here (4%)Liberty TriangleHaroldPace: 8 residents work here (8%)East Milton: 3 residents work here (3%)PensacolaMiltonPaceBrentFerry PassMidwayMount Carmel
1
Pensacola38.2 mi away
14%14
2
Milton25.4 mi away
9%9
3
Pace26 mi away
8%8
4
Brent36.7 mi away
4%4
5
Ferry Pass32.7 mi away
4%4
6
Midway41.1 mi away
4%4
7
Jay3.3 mi away
3%3
8
West Pensacola39.9 mi away
3%3
9
East Milton27.6 mi away
3%3
10
Gulf Breeze43.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%45
The top trips

Where Mount Carmel clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Mount Carmel

Jobs based in Mount CarmelJobs Mount Carmel residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms22%18%
Trade, transport & utilities67%24%
Services: health, schools, offices11%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%39%
Over $3,333 a month28%48%

Who does it

29 or younger8%21%
30 to 5456%64%
55 and older36%15%
+100%

Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 36. 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 Mount Carmel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 38 minutes to work from Mount Carmel

A year of commuting
290 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mount Carmel38 min
Florida28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Mount Carmel workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mount Carmel gets to work
90%Drive alone
10%Carpool

Share of the 145 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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 far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Carmel

10 mi25 mi50 miPensacola: 14% · 38.2 miMilton: 9% · 25.4 miPace: 8% · 26 miBrent: 4% · 36.7 miFerry Pass: 4% · 32.7 miMidway: 4% · 41.1 miJay: 3% · 3.3 miWest Pensacola: 3% · 39.9 miEast Milton: 3% · 27.6 miGulf Breeze: 2% · 43.2 miPensacola 14%Milton 9%Pace 8%Brent 4%Mount Carmel
Mount CarmelTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi10 residents
10%10–24 mi10 residents
66%25–50 mi65 residents
14%Over 50 mi14 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mount Carmel: questions

What is the median household income in Mount Carmel?

$170,833 (±$107,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mount Carmel?

0.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mount Carmel?

38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mount Carmel work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (14%, 38 mi), Milton (9%, 25 mi), Pace (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mount Carmel without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mount Carmel, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel home →

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.