Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Whitefield are lower than in 69% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home (New Hampshire 17%). Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents, next to 7.2% across New Hampshire. For jobs and income Whitefield is better than 25% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Whitefield apart
Whitefield trades workers with the towns around it
Whitefield has about as many jobs (1,014) as working residents (1,189), but they are mostly different people: 1,015 residents leave for work each day while 840 people come in. Only 17% of the jobs in Whitefield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Whitefield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Whitefield went from 747 in 2013 to 1,014 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Whitefield’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Whitefield’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitefield could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily commute in and out of Whitefield
On a workday 1,015 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 840 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 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.
What Whitefield’s employers do
1,014 jobs are based in Whitefield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitefield, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 1,014. 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 Whitefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
19% of working residents work in Littleton
Where Whitefield clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Getting to work from Whitefield takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitefield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,081 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Whitefield’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
For most of Whitefield, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,165 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.5% of Whitefield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitefield’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,467th of 4,868: where Whitefield ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 264 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,465 | Brodhead WI | 3,214 | $50K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 19% | C |
| 3,466 | Cedar Creek Township MI | 1,864 | $67K | 9.8% | 8.2% | 3% | C |
| 3,467 | Whitefield NH | 2,535 | $63K | 11.0% | 4.3% | 15% | C |
| 3,468 | Roosevelt Gardens FL | 3,031 | $50K | 22.2% | 8.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,469 | Moline Acres MO | 2,093 | $55K | 18.9% | 13.4% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Whitefield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
11% of Whitefield works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitefield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefield | – | C | C+ | 26 min | $63,125 |
| Dalton | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Jefferson | 2% | C | C+ | 35 min | $67,188 |
| Carroll | 7% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Bethlehem | 2% | C | B− | 20 min | $85,029 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dalton and Carroll: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Carroll. Darker towns draw more of Whitefield’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 Whitefield: questions
What is the median household income in Whitefield?
$63,125 (±$12,164) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitefield?
11.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitefield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitefield work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Littleton (19%, 10 mi), Carroll (7%, 7 mi), Lancaster (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitefield walkable?
Whitefield is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitefield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitefield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitefield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.