Jobs, pay and the trip to work in White Water
Hardly any work in White Water itself; outside it, Southwest City draws the most (17%, 7 miles). For 70% of workers, the job is at home; Oklahoma has 9%. White Water has 30 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through White Water
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in White Water on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from White Water work
Where White Water clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in White Water
of White Water workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 70% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from White Water
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 2024.
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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of White Water workers work outside Oklahoma. The job records count 36% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in White Water: questions
What is the median household income in White Water?
$47,813 (±$46,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Water?
15.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in White Water work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southwest City (17%, 7 mi), Grove (13%, 7 mi), Joplin (7%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Water without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Water, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Water
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.