Reid-Woods House · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Whitfield works elsewhere
613 jobs are based in Whitfield for 1,398 working residents. Whitfield grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Whitfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Whitfield is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #233 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Whitfield’s grade up ($98,348, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitfield could be anywhere from C to A+.
Whitfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,391 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Whitfield on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
14% of working residents work in Sarasota
Where Whitfield clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Whitfield: what the 613 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitfield, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 613. 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.
Whitfield’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 1,497 commuters (the 17% 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.
The distance from Whitfield to work
About 19% 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.
Few in Whitfield walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whitfield is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #315 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,814 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 51% 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 3.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 0.0% of Whitfield households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,591st of 4,039: where Whitfield ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,589 | Enfield NY | 3,230 | $95K | 14.3% | 0.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,590 | Fawn Township PA | 3,075 | $117K | 5.8% | 5.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,591 | Whitfield FL | 4,261 | $98K | 8.0% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,592 | Lake Cherokee TX | 3,093 | $92K | 11.3% | 2.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,593 | South Pasadena FL | 5,169 | $53K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Whitfield, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Whitfield and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | – | B | B+ | 27 min | $98,348 |
| Bayshore Gardens | under 2% | C− | A | 24 min | $44,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$98,348 (±$21,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitfield?
8.0%, 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. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sarasota (14%, 5 mi), Bradenton (9%, 6 mi), Tampa (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitfield walkable?
Whitfield is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.