Photo: Kathy from just livin' in a small town in SW PA, USA · CC BY 2.0Making a living in Carmichaels
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Only 2% stay in Carmichaels for work; outside it, Franklin Township is the main destination (12%, 11 miles). Employers in Carmichaels report 173 jobs, and 180 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 176 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Carmichaels ends
Where Carmichaels clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Carmichaels
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carmichaels, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 173. 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 Carmichaels’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Carmichaels
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carmichaels workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Carmichaels works
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 Carmichaels: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carmichaels workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmichaels | – | — | — | 31 min | $58,393 |
| Fairdale | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairdale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carmichaels’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 Carmichaels: questions
What is the median household income in Carmichaels?
$58,393 (±$10,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carmichaels?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carmichaels?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carmichaels work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (12%, 11 mi), Cumberland Township (11%, 1 mi), Waynesburg (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carmichaels without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carmichaels, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carmichaels
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.