Abel Hyatt House · Photo: Warren LeMay · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Whittier
Hardly any work in Whittier itself; outside it, Sylva draws the most (38%, 9 miles). Employers in Whittier report 8 jobs, and 8 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Whittier, and who commutes in
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 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.
Where Whittier goes to work
Where Whittier clocks in
38% of workers
13% 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 kinds of work in Whittier
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whittier, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 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 Whittier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Whittier goes to work
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 Whittier: questions
Where do people who live in Whittier work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sylva (38%, 9 mi), Cherokee (25%, 5 mi), Cullowhee (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whittier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whittier
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.