Work & commute · Kulpmont

Work & commute in Kulpmont, PA

Most working residents leave Kulpmont for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Mahoning (10%), Mount Carmel (8%) and Coal (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 954 Kulpmont residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kulpmont.

954live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kulpmont goes to work

Mahoning13.5 mi away

10%103

Mount Carmel1.6 mi away

8%80

Coal2.9 mi away

5%51

Kulpmont (in town)right here

5%45

Mount Carmel3.1 mi away

4%43

Ralpho5.9 mi away

3%29

Cass12.2 mi away

3%28

Shamokin4.4 mi away

2%22

Philadelphia88.9 mi away

2%18

Harrisburg41.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%563

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

How far

How far Kulpmont commutes

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

32%

34%

16%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kulpmont is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kulpmont are

223 jobs are based in Kulpmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kulpmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kulpmont

223 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kulpmont residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+44%

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.

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.