Height of Land Portage · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in White Township are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 14.0% of residents; Minnesota has 9.3%. Jobs and income earn White Township C; getting around on foot earns it C. For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in White Township: the gist
White Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in White Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs White Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
White Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Jobs & income in White Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #243 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds White Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
White Township makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
944 jobs are based in White Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Township, 2013 → 2023: 840 → 944. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from White Township takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,100 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,062 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Virginia
Where White Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
How far it is to work from White Township
About 24% 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.
In White Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #228 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,183 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 14.9% of White Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of White Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How White Township ranks: 3,285th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 16 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | Lithonia GA | 2,608 | $62K | 19.5% | 11.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,284 | Vandalia MO | 3,029 | $50K | 13.9% | 2.0% | 16% | C |
| 3,285 | White Township MN | 3,088 | $55K | 14.0% | 2.3% | 13% | C |
| 3,286 | Calvert City KY | 2,510 | $49K | 12.8% | 4.2% | 15% | C |
| 3,287 | Bayou Vista LA | 3,842 | $41K | 24.6% | 2.0% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 White Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around White Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Township | – | C | C | 30 min | $55,293 |
| Biwabik | 7% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Hoyt Lakes | under 3% | C | D | 29 min | $65,764 |
| Biwabik Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Embarrass Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Colvin Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Biwabik, Biwabik Township, Embarrass Township and Colvin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Biwabik. Darker towns draw more of White 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Township?
$55,293 (±$8,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Township?
14.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia (17%, 12 mi), Duluth (8%, 50 mi), Mountain Iron (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Township walkable?
White Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Township
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.