Pine Log Methodist Church, Campground, and Cemetery · Photo: Thomson200 · CC0Most of White commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in White report 126 jobs for 325 working residents. Hardly any work in White itself; outside it, Cartersville draws the most (11%, 9 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through White
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in White on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The towns that employ White’s residents
Where White clocks in
6% 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.
White makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 126. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
White’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Where in the region White works
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 White: questions
What is the median household income in White?
$79,286 (±$20,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White?
7.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cartersville (11%, 9 mi), Atlanta (6%, 40 mi), Canton (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White 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 White, from the people who make the trip.
More of White
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.