Whitewater has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Whitewater report 49 jobs, and 350 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Whitewater is better than 17% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). Only 3% work in Whitewater; the top destination outside it is Palm Springs (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Whitewater: the figures worth knowing
Whitewater is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Whitewater, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Whitewater has about 880 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Whitewater workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 350 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Whitewater earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Whitewater’s grade up ($77,898, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (18.5%) is left out: Whitewater’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Whitewater could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Whitewater on a workday afternoon
On a workday 339 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Whitewater on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Whitewater
About 30% 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.
The trip to work from Whitewater: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitewater workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 384 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Whitewater goes to work
Where Whitewater clocks in
9% 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.
What Whitewater’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitewater, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 49. 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 Whitewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Whitewater commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 470 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Whitewater households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitewater’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Whitewater ranks 3,112th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,110 | Adams Township IL | 1,591 | $67K | 26.7% | 6.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,111 | Metlakatla AK | 1,235 | $72K | 13.5% | 7.6% | — | C− |
| 3,112 | Whitewater CA | 1,181 | $78K | 23.4% | 18.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,113 | Aragon GA | 1,523 | $68K | 25.4% | 14.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,114 | Sanborn IA | 1,463 | $59K | 13.5% | 2.1% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Whitewater, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Whitewater and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitewater workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater | – | C− | D− | 34 min | $77,898 |
| Palm Springs | 9% | C+ | A | 22 min | $73,119 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palm Springs. Darker towns draw more of Whitewater’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 Whitewater: questions
What is the median household income in Whitewater?
$77,898 (±$21,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitewater?
23.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitewater?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitewater work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palm Springs (9%, 12 mi), Cathedral City (6%, 15 mi), Beaumont (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitewater walkable?
Whitewater is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitewater without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitewater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitewater
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.