Most of Calumet commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Calumet has 161 jobs for 493 working residents. Only 2% stay in Calumet for work; outside it, Hempfield Township is the main destination (10%, 7 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Calumet, in a few figures
Time on the road from Calumet: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calumet workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 647 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% 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 people are in Calumet by day
On a workday 483 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Calumet on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Calumet’s working residents head each day
Where Calumet clocks in
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.
31% of the jobs in Calumet make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calumet, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 161. 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 Calumet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Calumet commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Around Calumet: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calumet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet | – | — | — | 24 min | $80,691 |
| Norvelt | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mammoth | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Norvelt and Mammoth: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calumet’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 Calumet: questions
What is the median household income in Calumet?
$80,691 (±$8,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calumet?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calumet?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calumet work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempfield Township (10%, 7 mi), Greensburg (10%, 7 mi), Mount Pleasant Township (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calumet 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 Calumet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calumet
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.