Photo: Bing722 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Kulpmont works elsewhere
Kulpmont grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 223 jobs are based in Kulpmont, against 999 working residents. Measured by household income, Kulpmont is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Kulpmont stands out on work
Jobs & income in Kulpmont: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kulpmont is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #920 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Kulpmont’s grade up (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($49,785, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kulpmont could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Kulpmont, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 954 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Kulpmont on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
10% of working residents work in Mahoning Township
Where Kulpmont clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Kulpmont: what the 223 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kulpmont, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 223. 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 Kulpmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Kulpmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kulpmont workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 966 commuters (the 5% 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 Kulpmont
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Kulpmont walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kulpmont is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #757 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,018 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). 10.9% of Kulpmont households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kulpmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kulpmont next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 3,554th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,552 | Warrior AL | 3,320 | $58K | 18.3% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,553 | Jonesville MI | 2,175 | $65K | 17.8% | 5.4% | 11% | C− |
| 3,554 | Kulpmont PA | 2,688 | $50K | 10.7% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,555 | Vernon Township IN | 3,436 | $65K | 21.8% | 5.7% | 14% | C− |
| 3,556 | Mahanoy Township PA | 3,022 | $59K | 11.7% | 15.3% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Kulpmont, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Kulpmont compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mount Carmel Township (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kulpmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kulpmont | – | C− | C | 26 min | $49,785 |
| Mount Carmel Township | 8% | C | B− | 29 min | $71,339 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kulpmont’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 Kulpmont: questions
What is the median household income in Kulpmont?
$49,785 (±$10,693) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kulpmont?
10.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kulpmont?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kulpmont work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (10%, 14 mi), Mount Carmel Township (8%, 2 mi), Coal Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kulpmont walkable?
Kulpmont is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kulpmont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kulpmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kulpmont
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.