Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Delmont (10.8%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 29% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #882 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability B: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns · #501 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Delmont; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (17%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Delmont, in brief
What’s behind Delmont’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delmont is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #882 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Delmont’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (10.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delmont could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delmont workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,031 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Delmont quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,082 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Delmont on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Delmont clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 479 jobs in Delmont are
479 jobs are based in Delmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delmont, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 479. 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.
Half of Delmont commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Delmont start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delmont is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #501 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,315 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Delmont households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Delmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delmont is 3,590th of 5,278 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Delmont, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,588 | Canaan ME | 2,219 | $58K | 12.9% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,589 | Lipscomb AL | 2,015 | $42K | 34.1% | 4.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,590 | Delmont PA | 2,630 | $57K | 10.8% | 10.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,591 | Paia HI | 2,512 | $101K | 17.1% | 10.7% | 9% | C |
| 3,592 | Brockway Township MI | 1,880 | $82K | 13.4% | 5.6% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,278 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
12% of Delmont works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Murrysville (9%). Darker towns draw more of Delmont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmont | – | C | B | 32 min | $56,806 |
| Murrysville | 9% | A | C+ | 29 min | $121,823 |
| Salem Township | 3% | A− | B− | 20 min | $80,293 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Delmont: questions
What is the median household income in Delmont?
$56,806 (±$22,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delmont?
10.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delmont?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delmont work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (17%, 21 mi), Murrysville (9%, 5 mi), Hempfield Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delmont walkable?
Delmont is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delmont without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delmont
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.