White Plains has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in White Plains report 125 jobs, against 422 working residents. Working residents average 40 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). Home is the office for 11% of workers, against 16% across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in White Plains
White Plains workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
White Plains and Mount Airy trade workers both ways
Mount Airy is the top workplace for White Plains residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in White Plains come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
White Plains is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in White Plains, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday White Plains has about 500 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
From White Plains, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Plains workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 11% 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.
23% of working residents work in Mount Airy
Where White Plains clocks in
23% 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.
The daily flow of workers through White Plains
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in White Plains on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Jobs in White Plains: what the 125 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Plains, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 125. 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 Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from White Plains
About 26% 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.
23% of White Plains works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Plains workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Plains | – | — | — | 40 min | $44,242 |
| Mount Airy | 23% | C− | B | 18 min | $40,275 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mount Airy. Darker towns draw more of White Plains’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 Plains: questions
What is the median household income in White Plains?
$44,242 (±$9,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Plains?
10.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Plains?
40 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Plains work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Airy (23%, 5 mi), Winston-Salem (13%, 32 mi), Dobson (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Plains 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 Plains, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Plains
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.