White Hall Foundry · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of White Hall works elsewhere
White Hall has 429 jobs, against 1,011 working residents. For jobs and income White Hall is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, White Hall is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in White Hall
White Hall’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside White Hall is Springfield, 47 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (132) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in White Hall than ten years ago
Jobs counted in White Hall fell from 701 in 2013 to 429 in 2023, −39%. 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 ↓
Few White Hall 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: White Hall’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides White Hall’s grade.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: White Hall’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, White Hall could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many miles White Hall commutes
About 30% 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.
The kinds of work in White Hall
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Hall, 2013 → 2023: 701 → 429. 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 Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from White Hall
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Hall workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 866 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 daily commute in and out of White Hall
On a workday 869 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in White Hall on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
13% of working residents work in Springfield
Where White Hall clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
In White Hall, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 882 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.1% of White Hall households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of White Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
How White Hall ranks: 4,732nd of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,730 | Louisville GA | 2,237 | $50K | 15.3% | 3.5% | 17% | D |
| 4,731 | Parma ID | 2,203 | $49K | 21.3% | 3.6% | 11% | D |
| 4,732 | White Hall IL | 2,159 | $55K | 17.3% | 5.1% | 14% | D |
| 4,733 | Moroni UT | 1,710 | $66K | 21.0% | 9.0% | 15% | D |
| 4,734 | Persia NY | 2,138 | $54K | 21.9% | 2.5% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 White Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
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 Hall: questions
What is the median household income in White Hall?
$55,054 (±$13,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Hall?
17.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Hall?
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 work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (13%, 47 mi), Jacksonville (12%, 22 mi), Carrollton (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Hall walkable?
White Hall is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Hall without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Hall
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.