There are 2.2 jobs in White Hills for every working resident, and 197 people commute in
Only 7% work in White Hills itself; outside it, Paradise draws the most (12%, 48 miles). Employers in White Hills report 204 jobs, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of White Hills
On a workday 87 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 400 people are in White Hills on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to White Hills
Where White Hills clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in White Hills: what the 204 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Hills, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 204. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in White Hills
of White Hills workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from White Hills
About 53% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Hills: questions
What is the poverty rate in White Hills?
10.1%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Hills work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paradise (12%, 48 mi), Phoenix (6%, 198 mi), Las Vegas (6%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.