Tillery, Virginia, Round Barn · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0White Hall Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 446 jobs in White Hall Township, and 1,163 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven stay in White Hall Township for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (13%, 47 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 16% across Illinois.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set White Hall Township apart
White Hall Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside White Hall Township is Springfield, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (153) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few White Hall Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
White Hall Township empties out on a workday
About 1,700 people are in White Hall Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,400 who live here: 1,000 head out to work and 290 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Near or far: the trip to work from White Hall Township
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 25 minutes in White Hall Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Hall Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 925 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of White Hall Township
On a workday 1,007 residents head out to work, 156 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in White Hall Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where White Hall Township goes to work
Where White Hall Township clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
The kinds of work in White Hall Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Hall Township, 2014 → 2024: 560 → 446. 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 Hall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to White Hall Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Hall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Hall Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $58,000 |
| Carrollton Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Wrights Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Roodhouse Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $59,250 |
| Walkerville Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carrollton Township: not graded. Wrights Township and Walkerville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Hall Township’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 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 Hall Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Hall Township?
$58,000 (±$10,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Hall Township?
16.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Hall Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Hall Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (13%, 47 mi), White Hall (13%, 1 mi), Jacksonville (11%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Hall Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Hall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Hall Township
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.