Farmers and Merchants Bank Building · Photo: Just an image guy · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of White Bluff works elsewhere
Only 6% work in White Bluff; the top destination outside it is Nashville (38%, 24 miles). Employers in White Bluff report 796 jobs; 1,848 of its residents have a job. The two grades for White Bluff are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in White Bluff
White Bluff workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
White Bluff makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in White Bluff are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs White Bluff residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
38% of White Bluff works in Nashville
693 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Nashville, 24 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in White Bluff itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside White Bluff’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, White Bluff is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #72 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car holds White Bluff’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($69,483, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Bluff could be anywhere from C− to A.
About 37 minutes to work from White Bluff
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Bluff workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,885 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
White Bluff makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 796. 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 Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places White Bluff commutes to
Where White Bluff clocks in
12% 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.
In and out of White Bluff on a workday
On a workday 1,745 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 693 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in White Bluff on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The commute from White Bluff, by distance
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.
Most of White Bluff commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Bluff is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #96 of 177 in Tennessee. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Tennessee, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,250 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). 6.7% of White Bluff households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Bluff’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, White Bluff comes 2,074th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Oak Hill TN | 4,581 | $216K | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Forest Hills TN | 4,473 | $250K | 6.7% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Coopertown TN | 4,843 | $118K | 9.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,072 | Theodore AL | 4,964 | $68K | 20.7% | 2.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,073 | Los Chaves NM | 4,838 | $80K | 24.8% | 1.6% | 3% | B− |
| 2,074 | White Bluff TN | 4,516 | $69K | 10.2% | 4.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,075 | Jefferson Township IN | 3,204 | $61K | 7.6% | 3.2% | 19% | B− |
| 2,076 | Montrose Township MI | 5,896 | $76K | 10.3% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of White Bluff, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
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 Bluff: questions
What is the median household income in White Bluff?
$69,483 (±$8,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Bluff?
10.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Bluff?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Bluff work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (38%, 24 mi), Dickson (12%, 9 mi), Franklin (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Bluff walkable?
White Bluff is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Bluff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Bluff, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Bluff
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.