Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Carbon Township works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Carbon Township for work; outside it, Liberty Township is the main destination (8%, 6 miles). Carbon Township has 14 jobs; 135 of its residents have a job. 6% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Carbon Township
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Carbon Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The places Carbon Township commutes to
Where Carbon Township clocks in
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.
What Carbon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carbon Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 14. 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 Carbon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Carbon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carbon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from Carbon Township
About 23% 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.
12% of Carbon Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carbon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $63,125 |
| Hopewell Township | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Wood Township | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Broad Top City | 4% | — | — | 56 min | — |
| Todd Township | under 3% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Broad Top Township | under 3% | C− | D | 34 min | $61,964 |
| Liberty Township | 8% | C | C | 34 min | $65,234 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hopewell Township, Wood Township, Broad Top City and Todd Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Liberty Township. Darker towns draw more of Carbon Township’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 Carbon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carbon Township?
$63,125 (±$7,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carbon Township?
12.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carbon Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carbon Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Liberty Township (8%, 6 mi), Ayr Township (7%, 25 mi), Broad Top City (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carbon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carbon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carbon Township
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.