About Mount Carmel

Mount Carmel is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 4,887 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Carmel is the 125th largest community in Tennessee.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Mount Carmel is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.0% of the Mount Carmel workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Mount Carmel is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Carmel who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.57%), sales jobs (9.56%), and healthcare (6.72%).

Also of interest is that Mount Carmel has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Mount Carmel is a very car-oriented town. 99.24% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Mount Carmel is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Mount Carmel has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Mount Carmel doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mount Carmel Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Mount Carmel with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.76% of adults in Mount Carmel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Carmel in 2000 was $16,511, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,044 for a family of four.

The people who call Mount Carmel home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mount Carmel is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mount Carmel include English, Irish, German, and European.

The most common language spoken in Mount Carmel is English.