Photo: Public domain · Public domainHouseholds in Charleroi earn less than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 30.8% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). The two grades for Charleroi are D for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 7% of workers, the job is at 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
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Charleroi
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Charleroi is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #995 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Charleroi’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Charleroi could be anywhere from D to C+.
Charleroi by day and by night
On a workday 1,289 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 1,911 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Charleroi on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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.
6% of working residents work in Speers
Where Charleroi clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Charleroi
2,085 jobs are based in Charleroi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charleroi, 2013 → 2023: 1,865 → 2,085. 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 Charleroi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Charleroi, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charleroi workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,585 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Charleroi
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Charleroi
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Charleroi is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #188 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Charleroi near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,703 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 22.4% of Charleroi households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Charleroi’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Charleroi ranks: 3,578th of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,576 | Hawkinsville GA | 4,789 | $40K | 22.3% | 3.1% | 12% | D |
| 3,577 | Paintsville KY | 4,111 | $28K | 32.9% | 3.0% | 30% | D |
| 3,578 | Charleroi PA | 4,112 | $43K | 30.8% | 7.1% | 12% | D |
| 3,579 | Hartford Township MI | 2,981 | $55K | 12.2% | 13.9% | 3% | D |
| 3,580 | Constantia NY | 4,802 | $70K | 18.1% | 8.1% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Charleroi, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Charleroi and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Speers (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charleroi workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleroi | – | D | A | 25 min | $43,265 |
| Rostraver Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 29 min | $73,300 |
| North Charleroi | under 2% | C | A | 23 min | $51,324 |
| Speers | 6% | B− | B− | 30 min | $72,813 |
| Fallowfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $66,802 |
| Twilight | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Twilight: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Charleroi’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 Charleroi: questions
What is the median household income in Charleroi?
$43,265 (±$5,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charleroi?
30.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charleroi?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charleroi work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Speers (6%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 21 mi), Washington (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Charleroi walkable?
Charleroi is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charleroi without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charleroi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charleroi
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.