Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0White Springs has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in White Springs report 68 jobs; 282 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in White Springs for work; outside it, Lake City is the main destination (16%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average (Florida 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets White Springs apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in White Springs than ten years ago
Jobs counted in White Springs fell from 575 in 2014 to 68 in 2024, −88%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
White Springs is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in White Springs, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday White Springs has about 550 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs in White Springs: what the 68 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Springs, 2014 → 2024: 575 → 68. 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 Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
White Springs quiets down on a workday
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in White Springs on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from White Springs
About 40% 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.
Out of White Springs to work: where people go
Where White Springs clocks in
16% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from White Springs: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Springs workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Springs: questions
What is the median household income in White Springs?
$38,229 (±$12,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Springs?
24.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Springs?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Springs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake City (16%, 12 mi), Live Oak (5%, 14 mi), Jacksonville (5%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Springs
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.