White Branch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 8 jobs in White Branch, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in White Branch for work; outside it, Warsaw is the main destination (16%, 2 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of White Branch, and who commutes in
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in White Branch on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
Where people from White Branch work
Where White Branch clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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 Branch, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Branch, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 8. 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 Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in White Branch
of White Branch workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
The distance from White Branch to work
About 41% 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 Branch: questions
What is the median household income in White Branch?
$62,540 (±$48,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Branch?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Branch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warsaw (16%, 2 mi), Sedalia (14%, 33 mi), Clinton (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Branch 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 Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Branch
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.