Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhitehouse has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income A−: better than 78% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #289 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns · #249 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Whitehouse; the top destination outside it is Toledo (25%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Whitehouse
What’s behind Whitehouse’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Whitehouse is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #289 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Whitehouse’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitehouse could be anywhere from B− to A+.
25% of working residents work in Toledo
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Whitehouse clocks in
25% 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.
Whitehouse quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,263 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 1,365 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Whitehouse on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Whitehouse makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
1,517 jobs are based in Whitehouse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitehouse, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,517. 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the OH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitehouse workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,072 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Whitehouse commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Whitehouse start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whitehouse is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #249 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,263 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Whitehouse households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitehouse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Whitehouse is 869th of 3,562 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Whitehouse, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | Elkins AR | 4,184 | $82K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 6% | A− |
| 868 | Troutman NC | 4,336 | $98K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 4% | A− |
| 869 | Whitehouse OH | 5,073 | $93K | 10.8% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
| 870 | Pike Township OH | 3,724 | $96K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 871 | Almira Township MI | 3,989 | $90K | 3.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Whitehouse and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Whitehouse’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitehouse workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse | – | A− | B+ | 24 min | $93,229 |
| Waterville Township | under 3% | A | B | 23 min | $114,360 |
| Swanton Township | under 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $69,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Whitehouse: questions
What is the median household income in Whitehouse?
$93,229 (±$14,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitehouse?
10.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitehouse?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitehouse work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (25%, 15 mi), Maumee (7%, 8 mi), Perrysburg (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitehouse walkable?
Whitehouse is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitehouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitehouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitehouse
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.