Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Mount Carmel commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Mount Carmel report 5 jobs; 28 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mount Carmel; the top destination outside it is Harrison (11%, 12 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Mount Carmel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 67 people are in Mount Carmel on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer 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 Mount Carmel’s working residents head each day
Where Mount Carmel clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Mount Carmel is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 5. 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Indiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Carmel workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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 Mount Carmel commutes
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.
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?
$63,500 (±$17,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Carmel?
6.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Carmel?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana 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 Harrison (11%, 12 mi), Cincinnati (11%, 27 mi), Brookville Township (11%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Carmel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.