Harmony Hall · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in White Oak
For 42% of workers, the job is at home (North Carolina 16%). Hardly any stay in White Oak for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (14%, 28 miles). White Oak has 122 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
White Oak quiets down on a workday
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in White Oak on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Oak work
Where White Oak clocks in
14% 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.
Working from home in White Oak
of White Oak workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 42% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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 commute from White Oak, by distance
About 28% 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 Oak: questions
What is the median household income in White Oak?
$98,929 (±$31,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Oak?
6.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Oak work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (14%, 28 mi), Elizabethtown (12%, 10 mi), Wilmington (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Oak 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 Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Oak
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.