Photo: Todd Johnson · CC BY-SA 4.0White Hall has lower unemployment (3.1%) than 68% of U.S. towns
For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Arkansas has 9%. Jobs and income earn White Hall B; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, White Hall is ahead of 54% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in White Hall
White Hall trades workers with the towns around it
White Hall has about as many jobs (1,943) as working residents (2,215), but they are mostly different people: 1,939 residents leave for work each day while 1,667 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in White Hall are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
White Hall and Pine Bluff trade workers both ways
Pine Bluff is the top workplace for White Hall residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in White Hall come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few White Hall workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 9% across Arkansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in White Hall
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Hall is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #25 of 123 in Arkansas. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides White Hall’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Hall could be anywhere from C to A.
In and out of White Hall on a workday
On a workday 1,939 residents head out to work, 276 work right here, and 1,667 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
35% of working residents work in Pine Bluff
Where White Hall clocks in
35% of workers
14% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from White Hall takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Hall workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,267 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in White Hall
1,943 jobs are based in White Hall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Hall, 2013 → 2023: 1,682 → 1,943. 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 White Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
White Hall’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
White Hall is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Hall is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #112 of 123 in Arkansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,332 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). 0.9% of White Hall households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, White Hall is 1,456th of 3,502 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 219 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 451 | Cave Springs AR | 6,701 | $146K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Haskell AR | 4,362 | $86K | 7.6% | 0.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,454 | Highland IN | 5,114 | $98K | 8.6% | 5.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,455 | Wrightsboro NC | 6,287 | $78K | 10.7% | 3.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,456 | White Hall AR | 5,532 | $78K | 8.6% | 3.1% | 12% | B |
| 1,457 | New Castle CO | 4,896 | $80K | 6.2% | 0.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,458 | Harrington DE | 3,974 | $73K | 6.9% | 2.9% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 White Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Bordering towns draw 35% of White Hall’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Hall | – | B | D | 22 min | $78,092 |
| Pine Bluff | 35% | D | B | 19 min | $42,718 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pine Bluff. Darker towns draw more of White Hall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 White Hall: questions
What is the median household income in White Hall?
$78,092 (±$17,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Hall?
8.6%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Hall?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Hall work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Bluff (35%, 6 mi), Little Rock (14%, 34 mi), North Little Rock (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Hall walkable?
White Hall is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Hall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Hall
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.