Photo: Dual Freq · CC BY 2.5Most of White Heath commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
53 jobs are based in White Heath, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in White Heath itself; outside it, Champaign draws the most (17%, 13 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in White Heath, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in White Heath on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Heath’s residents
Where White Heath clocks in
17% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in White Heath
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Heath, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 53. 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 Heath’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in White Heath
of White Heath workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 103 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from White Heath
About 21% 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.
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 Heath: questions
What is the median household income in White Heath?
$98,409 (±$58,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Heath?
14.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Heath work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Champaign (17%, 13 mi), Monticello (11%, 5 mi), Decatur (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Heath 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 White Heath, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Heath
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.