Mount Carmel has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
1,074 jobs are based in Mount Carmel for 2,379 working residents. Jobs and income earn Mount Carmel B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 2% work in Mount Carmel itself; outside it, Cincinnati draws the most (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mount Carmel
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Carmel is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #428 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Mount Carmel’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Carmel could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Mount Carmel
On a workday 2,332 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 1,027 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Mount Carmel on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 goes to work
Where Mount Carmel clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Mount Carmel
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 1,098 → 1,074. 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 24 minutes to work from Mount Carmel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Carmel workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,422 commuters (the 13% 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.
The distance from Mount Carmel to work
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.
In Mount Carmel, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Carmel is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #658 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,783 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Mount Carmel households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Carmel’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,429th of 3,840: where Mount Carmel ranks among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,427 | Salem Township IN | 4,057 | $70K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,428 | Bethlehem Township OH | 5,519 | $71K | 8.9% | 2.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,429 | Mount Carmel OH | 4,890 | $70K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,430 | Williamstown KY | 4,030 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,431 | Lake Park NC | 3,609 | $66K | 8.0% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Ohio.
The towns around Mount Carmel
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Carmel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | – | B+ | C | 24 min | $70,000 |
| Summerside | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $71,241 |
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?
$70,000 (±$14,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Carmel?
13.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Carmel?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Carmel work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (18%, 12 mi), Union Township (8%, 2 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Carmel walkable?
Mount Carmel is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Carmel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.