Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Whitehall are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. The poverty rate is 29.4%, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. Jobs and income earn Whitehall D−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Whitehall, in brief
Whitehall and Whitehall trade workers both ways
Whitehall is the top workplace for Whitehall residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Whitehall come from (42% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Whitehall is a place people come home to
There are 225 jobs based in Whitehall, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Whitehall has about 1,700 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Whitehall workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 976 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Whitehall
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Whitehall is near the bottom of U.S. towns. 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 D.
16% of working residents work in Whitehall
Where Whitehall clocks in
16% 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.
In and out of Whitehall on a workday
On a workday 923 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Whitehall on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.23 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Whitehall
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 946 commuters (the 1% 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.
Jobs in Whitehall: what the 225 are
225 jobs are based in Whitehall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 225. 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 Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Whitehall
About 27% 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.
Few in Whitehall walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whitehall is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Whitehall near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 952 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). 9.2% of Whitehall households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitehall’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, and where Whitehall sits
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 8 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,101 | Hickman KY | 2,258 | $35K | 31.6% | 9.0% | 22% | D− |
| 5,102 | Moriarty NM | 2,074 | $32K | 36.7% | 11.6% | 14% | D− |
| 5,103 | Whitehall NY | 2,479 | $48K | 29.4% | 14.0% | 5% | D− |
| 5,104 | Three Rivers TX | 1,732 | $47K | 26.2% | 8.5% | 14% | D− |
| 5,105 | Webber Township MI | 2,583 | $46K | 27.5% | 6.1% | 5% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Whitehall, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
How Whitehall compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
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 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 Whitehall: questions
What is the median household income in Whitehall?
$47,683 (±$8,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitehall?
29.4%, 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. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitehall work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitehall (16%, 2 mi), Rutland (9%, 23 mi), Granville (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitehall walkable?
Whitehall is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitehall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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), 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.