Whitfield has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. Whitfield has 4 jobs for 116 working residents. Hardly any work in Whitfield; the top destination outside it is Milton (19%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Whitfield: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Whitfield on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Whitfield goes to work
Where Whitfield clocks in
14% of workers
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Whitfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitfield, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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 Whitfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Whitfield: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 4% 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.
Whitfield’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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.
Whitfield and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | – | — | — | 27 min | $65,156 |
| Berrydale | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Berrydale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whitfield’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 Whitfield: questions
What is the median household income in Whitfield?
$65,156 (±$33,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitfield?
20.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitfield?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milton (19%, 17 mi), Pensacola (14%, 31 mi), Pace (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitfield 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 Whitfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitfield
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.