Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMount Carmel’s household incomes are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Below the poverty line: 20.3% of residents, next to 11.8% across Illinois. Mount Carmel grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mount Carmel, in brief
A lot of Mount Carmel workers cross into Indiana
34% of Mount Carmel workers work outside Illinois, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Patoka Township (13%), Evansville (7%) and Princeton (4%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Few Mount Carmel workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Mount Carmel are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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.
Inside Mount Carmel’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Carmel is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #741 of 768 in Illinois. Unemployment holds Mount Carmel’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($47,009, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Carmel could be anywhere from D− to C.
13% of working residents work in Patoka Township
Where Mount Carmel clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Mount Carmel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Carmel workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,724 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Mount Carmel for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,841 residents head out to work, 898 work right here, and 1,324 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Mount Carmel’s 2,222 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 2,625 → 2,222. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Carmel
About 22% 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.
Getting around Mount Carmel: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Carmel is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #329 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Mount Carmel near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,804 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). 15.0% of Mount Carmel households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mount Carmel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Mount Carmel sits among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | South Barrington IL | 5,071 | $222K | 1.0% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,988 | Rupert ID | 6,460 | $55K | 19.4% | 5.7% | 17% | D |
| 2,989 | Rock Falls IL | 8,521 | $50K | 25.6% | 6.6% | 10% | D |
| 2,990 | Mount Carmel IL | 6,723 | $47K | 20.3% | 4.5% | 33% | D |
| 2,991 | Walterboro SC | 5,485 | $56K | 28.2% | 6.1% | 26% | D |
| 2,992 | Sinton TX | 5,966 | $52K | 25.0% | 8.4% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Mount Carmel, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Mount Carmel and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Carmel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | – | D | B+ | 22 min | $47,009 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Carmel’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 Mount Carmel: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Carmel?
$47,009 (±$6,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Carmel?
20.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Carmel?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Carmel work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Patoka Township (13%, 11 mi), Evansville (7%, 32 mi), Albion (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Carmel walkable?
Mount Carmel is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Carmel without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 15% 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.
More of Mount Carmel
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.