A job hub: Whitney Point has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 765 people come in to work
Employers in Whitney Point report 790 jobs for 365 working residents. Only 7% work in Whitney Point; the top destination outside it is Triangle (14%, 3 miles). 7% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Whitney Point
Whitney Point is where the jobs are
Whitney Point has 790 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, 47% more than the 900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Whitney Point are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Whitney Point’s own working residents. 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; with 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Whitney Point fills up on a workday
On a workday 340 residents head out to work and 25 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Whitney Point on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
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 Whitney Point’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitney Point, 2013 → 2023: 946 → 790. 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 Whitney Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Whitney Point
Where Whitney Point clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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 daily trip from Whitney Point: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitney Point workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where in the region Whitney Point works
About 20% 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.
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 Whitney Point: questions
What is the median household income in Whitney Point?
$45,536 (±$15,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitney Point?
29.6%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitney Point?
31 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitney Point work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Triangle (14%, 3 mi), Binghamton (13%, 16 mi), Union (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitney Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitney Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitney Point
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.