Carbon Hill has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Employers in Carbon Hill report 3 jobs for 72 working residents. Hardly any work in Carbon Hill itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (18%, 9 miles). 34% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Carbon Hill by day
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Carbon Hill on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Carbon Hill goes to work
Where Carbon Hill clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
67% of the jobs in Carbon Hill pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carbon Hill, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 3. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carbon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Carbon Hill
of Carbon Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Carbon Hill
About 28% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Carbon Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Carbon Hill?
$46,694 (±$40,621) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carbon Hill?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Carbon Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (18%, 9 mi), Lancaster (13%, 25 mi), Nelsonville (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Carbon Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carbon Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carbon Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.