White Mills has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Employers in White Mills report 24 jobs for 298 working residents. Hardly any work in White Mills; the top destination outside it is Honesdale (16%, 4 miles).
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 Mills
White Mills is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in White Mills, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday White Mills has about 430 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
White Mills and Honesdale trade workers both ways
Honesdale is the top workplace for White Mills residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in White Mills come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 298 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in White Mills: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in White Mills on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where White Mills goes to work
Where White Mills clocks in
16% of workers
10% 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.
75% of the jobs in White Mills pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Mills, 2014 → 2024: 84 → 24. 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 Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
White Mills’ commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Mills workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 commuters (the 13% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from White Mills
About 26% 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.
Around White Mills: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Mills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Mills | – | — | — | 27 min | $27,284 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | C− | B− | 25 min | $68,494 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Mills’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 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 Mills: questions
What is the median household income in White Mills?
$27,284 (±$11,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Mills?
38.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Mills?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Mills work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Honesdale (16%, 4 mi), Texas Township (10%, 3 mi), Scranton (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Mills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Mills, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Mills
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.