Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Whitehall (9.2%) is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. For jobs and income Whitehall is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Whitehall is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitehall and work: the main findings
A lot of Whitehall workers cross into Vermont
20% of Whitehall workers work outside New York, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Rutland (9%), Rutland (4%) and Castleton (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Whitehall are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Whitehall workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Whitehall makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Whitehall are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Whitehall residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Whitehall’s grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Whitehall’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitehall could be anywhere from D− to C−.
9% of working residents work in Rutland
Where Whitehall clocks in
6% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Whitehall’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitehall workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,500 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
35% of the jobs in Whitehall make or build things
700 jobs are based in Whitehall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitehall, 2014 → 2024: 727 → 700. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Whitehall
On a workday 1,449 residents head out to work, 262 work right here, and 438 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Whitehall on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.41 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 2024, primary jobs.
The commute from Whitehall, by distance
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Whitehall commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,524 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). 9.6% of Whitehall households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitehall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Whitehall next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Pound Ridge NY | 5,057 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,018 | Center TX | 5,246 | $48K | 26.1% | 10.3% | 49% | D− |
| 4,019 | Brookside Township IL | 4,522 | $45K | 25.3% | 10.2% | 7% | D− |
| 4,020 | Whitehall NY | 3,999 | $54K | 20.7% | 9.2% | 15% | D− |
| 4,021 | Gladwin MI | 3,140 | $43K | 17.4% | 9.5% | 25% | D− |
| 4,022 | Carthage MS | 4,864 | $42K | 29.7% | 7.8% | 19% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Whitehall, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Whitehall
The biggest share goes to Granville (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitehall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | – | D− | B | 26 min | $54,260 |
| Dresden | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Hampton | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Fort Ann | under 3% | B | C− | 26 min | $85,902 |
| Granville | 5% | C | B | 25 min | $69,198 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dresden: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hampton: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whitehall’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 2024, 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 Whitehall: questions
What is the median household income in Whitehall?
$54,260 (±$6,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitehall?
20.7%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitehall?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitehall work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (9%, 21 mi), Glens Falls (6%, 20 mi), Fort Edward (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Whitehall walkable?
Whitehall is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitehall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitehall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitehall
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.