Work & commute · Mount Carmel

Work & commute in Mount Carmel, IL

About one in 3 of Mount Carmel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Patoka (13%), Evansville (7%) and Albion (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

898 of 2,739 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,841 Mount Carmel residents head out of town to work, 898 work right here, and 1,324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Carmel.

1,841live here, work elsewhere

898live and work here

1,324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Carmel goes to work

Mount Carmel (in town)right here

33%898

Patoka, IN11 mi away

13%344

Evansville, IN32.4 mi away

7%190

Albion15.9 mi away

5%143

Princeton, IN10.9 mi away

4%102

Springfield138.2 mi away

2%45

Chicago236.2 mi away

1%36

Olney27.3 mi away

1%35

Ohio, IN35.5 mi away

1%22

Allendale8.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%907

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Mount Carmel commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

26%

14%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Carmel is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Carmel are

2,222 jobs are based in Mount Carmel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Carmel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Carmel

2,222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mount Carmel residents hold

2,739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−15%

Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 2,625 → 2,222. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.