Kulpmont vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Kulpmont and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

Kulpmont and Mount Carmel are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Carmel has the higher population (5,695 vs 2,735 in Kulpmont). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($52,667 vs $51,066 in Kulpmont). Kulpmont has the higher median home value ($76,800 vs $74,700 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
Population	2,735	5,695
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,066	$52,667
Median home value	$76,800	$74,700
Median gross rent	$807	$796
Housing units	1,385	3,203
Homeownership rate	78.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
Population	2,800 → 2,735 (-2.3%)	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,455 → $51,066 (-6.2%)	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $76,800 (+16.0%)	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $807 (+13.3%)	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)

Kulpmont

Population

2,8002,735

Median household income

$54,455$51,066

Median home value

$66,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$712$807

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
Under 5	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.0%
75 and over	8.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	7.7%	9.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	83.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	39.1%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	50.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kulpmont	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1948	1938