White Haven has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Only 6% work in White Haven itself; outside it, Wright Township draws the most (8%, 7 miles). 288 jobs are based in White Haven for 515 working residents. White Haven grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in White Haven: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, White Haven is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds White Haven’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: White Haven’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, White Haven could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who works in White Haven, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in White Haven on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from White Haven work
Where White Haven clocks in
8% 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.
White Haven makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Haven, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 288. 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 White Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from White Haven: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Haven workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 393 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles White Haven commutes
About 18% 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.
In White Haven, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Haven is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 445 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). 5.0% of White Haven households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, White Haven is 2,153rd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,151 | Macon Township MI | 1,314 | $79K | 17.8% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,152 | Pinegrove Township PA | 1,348 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,153 | White Haven PA | 1,203 | $68K | 17.1% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 2,154 | Ashmore Township IL | 1,117 | $75K | 10.4% | 7.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,155 | Scipio NY | 1,516 | $77K | 10.6% | 3.7% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to White Haven
The biggest share goes to Foster Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Haven | – | C | A− | 28 min | $67,656 |
| East Side | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Foster Township | 3% | C | D | 30 min | $68,384 |
| Kidder Township | 3% | B− | D | 34 min | $78,854 |
| Dennison Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Side: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dennison Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Haven’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 White Haven: questions
What is the median household income in White Haven?
$67,656 (±$13,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Haven?
17.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Haven?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Haven work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wright Township (8%, 7 mi), Wilkes-Barre (7%, 14 mi), Plains Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Haven walkable?
White Haven is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Haven
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.