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Jobs & commute in White Clay

For nearly all of its working residents, White Clay is a commute to O'Neill

Hardly any stay in White Clay for work; outside it, O'Neill is the main destination (100%, 202 miles). There are 7 jobs in White Clay for 1 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of White Clay, and who commutes in

On a workday 1 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

1live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
7.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

7.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.

The commute map

Where the people who work in White Clay live

Yutan: 1 workers live here (14%)Rushville: 2 workers live here (29%)O'NeillAlliance: 1 workers live here (14%)White ClayRushvilleYutanAllianceWhite Clay
1
Rushville20.1 mi away
29%2
2
Yutan338 mi away
14%1
3
Alliance63.9 mi away
14%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%3

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in White Clay

Jobs based in White ClayJobs White Clay residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%100%
Services: health, schools, offices0%0%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%0%
Over $3,333 a month29%100%

Who does it

29 or younger29%0%
30 to 5471%100%
55 and older0%0%
+17%

Jobs based in White Clay, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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 Clay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The commute from White Clay, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miO'Neill: 100% · 201.7 miO'Neill 100%White Clay
White ClayTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
100%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 100% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in White Clay: questions

Where do people who live in White Clay work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from White Clay, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of White Clay

White Clay home →

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.