Captain Hammond House · Photo: K. Colando · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in White City are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 25% of workers; Florida has 16%. Below the poverty line: 9.7% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. For jobs and income White City is better than 75% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from White City, in brief
A lot of White City works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders White City: Fort Pierce (22%) and Port St. Lucie (12%). Next door ↓
Commutes from White City are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (24 to 31 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in White City
25% of White City workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. 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 White City earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($117,720, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White City could be anywhere from C to A+.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White City workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,718 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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.
Who works in White City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,564 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 1,060 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.
0.68 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.
22% of working residents work in Fort Pierce
Where White City clocks in
22% of workers
12% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in White City
1,089 jobs are based in White City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White City, 2013 → 2023: 1,040 → 1,089. 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 City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of White City commutes less than 14 miles
About 29% 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.
For most of White City, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,291 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). 1.0% of White City households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White City’s commuters take a bus or train.
White City places 1,000th of 3,527 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 178 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 998 | Scott Township PA | 4,736 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 9% | B+ |
| 999 | Dove Valley CO | 4,806 | $82K | 11.5% | 2.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,000 | White City FL | 5,744 | $118K | 9.7% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,001 | Nassau Bay TX | 5,210 | $72K | 11.5% | 1.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,002 | Lake Hallie WI | 7,396 | $87K | 8.9% | 1.4% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | 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 City, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 34% of White City
The biggest share goes to Fort Pierce (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White City | – | B+ | B− | 21 min | $117,720 |
| Fort Pierce | 22% | D | B+ | 27 min | $47,072 |
| Port St. Lucie | 12% | B− | B− | 31 min | $80,648 |
| Indian River Estates | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $64,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White City’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 City: questions
What is the median household income in White City?
$117,720 (±$55,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White City?
9.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White City?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Pierce (22%, 4 mi), Port St. Lucie (12%, 7 mi), Stuart (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White City walkable?
White City is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White City 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 City, from the people who make the trip.
More of White City
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.