Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cumbola commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Cumbola has 18 jobs, and 181 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Cumbola; the top destination outside it is Pottsville (11%, 4 miles). Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cumbola: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 80 people are in Cumbola on a workday afternoon, 67% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Cumbola’s residents
Where Cumbola clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 44% of the jobs in Cumbola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumbola, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 18. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumbola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cumbola: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumbola workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 14% 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.
The commute from Cumbola, by distance
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Cumbola: questions
What is the median household income in Cumbola?
$51,250 (±$15,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumbola?
32.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumbola?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumbola work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (11%, 4 mi), St. Clair (6%, 2 mi), Cressona (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cumbola 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 Cumbola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumbola
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.