Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Carmel has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
502 jobs are based in Mount Carmel for 1,975 working residents. Mount Carmel grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Carmel and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Mount Carmel
53% of Mount Carmel residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Mount Carmel pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Mount Carmel is a place people come home to
There are 502 jobs based in Mount Carmel, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Carmel has about 4,100 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mount Carmel than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mount Carmel fell from 705 in 2013 to 502 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Mount Carmel pay little
28% of the jobs based in Mount Carmel pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Mount Carmel’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Carmel is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #978 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Mount Carmel’s grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,021, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Carmel could be anywhere from D to C+.
Jobs in Mount Carmel: what the 502 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 502. 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 Mount Carmel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Mount Carmel for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,845 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Mount Carmel on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
11% of working residents work in Mount Carmel Township
Where Mount Carmel clocks in
11% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Mount Carmel’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Carmel workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,033 commuters (the 6% 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 Mount Carmel works
About 22% 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.
Mount Carmel is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Carmel is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #239 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Mount Carmel 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 2,155 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 Mount Carmel households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Carmel’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,035th of 3,502: where Mount Carmel ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,033 | Cascade Valley WA | 4,609 | $61K | 12.6% | 8.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,034 | Ada OH | 4,985 | $62K | 31.5% | 8.9% | 20% | C− |
| 3,035 | Mount Carmel PA | 5,579 | $53K | 16.2% | 6.4% | 7% | C− |
| 3,036 | Crouch Mesa NM | 4,812 | $64K | 21.9% | 6.7% | 3% | C− |
| 3,037 | Murphysboro IL | 6,977 | $44K | 14.9% | 5.9% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Mount Carmel, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Mount Carmel: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Carmel?
$53,021 (±$4,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Carmel?
16.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Carmel?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Carmel work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carmel Township (11%, 2 mi), Mahoning Township (5%, 15 mi), Coal Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Carmel walkable?
Mount Carmel is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Carmel
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.