Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0There are 2.0 jobs in White Pine for every working resident, and 2,096 people commute in
There are 2,150 jobs in White Pine for 1,076 working residents. For jobs and income White Pine is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in White Pine: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
72% of the jobs in White Pine are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in White Pine pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in White Pine pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs White Pine residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside White Pine. The jobs ↓
White Pine is where the jobs are
White Pine has 2,150 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,700 people are in town, 41% more than the 2,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few White Pine workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
The four measures behind White Pine’s grade
Job access by car holds White Pine’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,313, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Pine could be anywhere from D to A−.
78% of the jobs in White Pine pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Pine, 2013 → 2023: 1,755 → 2,150. 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 Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of White Pine
On a workday 1,022 residents head out to work and 54 work right here.
About 3,700 people are in White Pine on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 22 minutes from White Pine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Pine workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,099 commuters (the 3% 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.
Commuting in to White Pine: where workers come from
Where White Pine clocks in
24% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
How many miles White Pine commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in White Pine walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,137 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). 8.1% of White Pine households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Pine’s commuters take a bus or train.
White Pine next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500: 2,968th of 5,083 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,966 | Columbus Grove OH | 2,132 | $69K | 10.7% | 3.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,967 | Lake City PA | 2,842 | $75K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,968 | White Pine TN | 2,619 | $55K | 11.6% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,969 | Jefferson Township OH | 3,196 | $64K | 16.1% | 3.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,970 | Remlap AL | 2,761 | $65K | 6.1% | 10.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pine, 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 Pine: questions
What is the median household income in White Pine?
$55,313 (±$15,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Pine?
11.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Pine?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Pine work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (24%, 7 mi), Knoxville (11%, 38 mi), Dandridge (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Pine walkable?
White Pine is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Pine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Pine
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.