Camp White Station Hospital Administration Building · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0White City has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 19% for Oregon as a whole. Employers in White City report 1,762 jobs, against 3,927 working residents. For jobs and income White City is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in White City
White City and Medford trade workers both ways
Medford is the top workplace for White City residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in White City come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most White City residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The jobs in White City pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in White City pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs White City residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside White City. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in White City is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Income, poverty and work: White City’s grade explained
Unemployment holds White City’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White City could be anywhere from C− to B+.
42% of working residents work in Medford
Where White City clocks in
42% of workers
4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from White City
About 15% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White City, 2014 → 2024: 1,319 → 1,762. 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 White City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of White City
On a workday 3,795 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,630 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in White City on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from White City: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White City workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,058 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in White City walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.4% across Oregon.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,348 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 81% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 3.7% of White City households have no vehicle (Oregon 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of White City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, White City is 1,612th among 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Bull Mountain OR | 9,865 | $165K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Oak Hills OR | 11,131 | $127K | 3.4% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 380 | Damascus OR | 11,437 | $123K | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Tate Township OH | 9,527 | $78K | 11.1% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 1,611 | Gulfport FL | 11,404 | $71K | 13.4% | 6.2% | 7% | B− |
| 1,612 | White City OR | 10,750 | $71K | 14.3% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,613 | Beebe AR | 9,377 | $59K | 15.1% | 2.8% | 14% | B− |
| 1,614 | Westview FL | 12,107 | $58K | 20.9% | 3.9% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 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 White City, the top three, the last and three more from Oregon.
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 White City: questions
What is the median household income in White City?
$71,175 (±$11,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,011 across Oregon and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White City?
14.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White City?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Oregon and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (42%, 7 mi), Central Point (4%, 6 mi), Grants Pass (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is White City walkable?
White City is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White City, from the people who make the trip.
More of White City
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.