For more than half of its working residents, Whitmore is a commute to Redding
Commuters spend 38 minutes getting to work on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. Hardly any work in Whitmore; the top destination outside it is Redding (52%, 23 miles). Whitmore has 5 jobs for 65 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitmore on a workday afternoon
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Whitmore on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Whitmore ends
Where Whitmore clocks in
52% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Whitmore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitmore, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 5. 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 Whitmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 38 minutes each way for Whitmore’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitmore workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 16% 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.
The distance from Whitmore to work
About 26% 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.
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 Whitmore: questions
What is the poverty rate in Whitmore?
11.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitmore?
38 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitmore work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Whitmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitmore
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.