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Jobs & commute in Whiteside

Work and commuting in Whiteside

Whiteside has 90 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Whiteside itself; outside it, Chattanooga draws the most (31%, 14 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Whiteside for work, and who comes in

On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

90live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night33
Workday0
33live here− 90head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Whiteside on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

The commute map

Where Whiteside’s working residents head each day

Bridgeport: 2 residents work here (2%)Kimball: 3 residents work here (3%)East Ridge: 2 residents work here (2%)South Pittsburg: 2 residents work here (2%)Jasper: 15 residents work here (17%)Cookeville: 2 residents work here (2%)Cleveland: 3 residents work here (3%)Knoxville: 3 residents work here (3%)Chattanooga: 28 residents work here (31%)Nashville: 2 residents work here (2%)WhitesideChattanoogaJasperKimballClevelandKnoxvilleBridgeportWhiteside
1
Chattanooga14.4 mi away
31%28
2
Jasper9.2 mi away
17%15
3
Kimball11.2 mi away
3%3
4
Cleveland37.1 mi away
3%3
5
Knoxville109.7 mi away
3%3
6
Bridgeport, AL13.8 mi away
2%2
7
East Ridge14.6 mi away
2%2
8
South Pittsburg13.1 mi away
2%2
9
Cookeville79.6 mi away
2%2
10
Nashville109.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%28
The top trips

Where Whiteside clocks in

Lines 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 far

Half of Whiteside commutes less than 15 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miChattanooga: 31% · 14.4 miJasper: 17% · 9.2 miKimball: 3% · 11.2 miCleveland: 3% · 37.1 miKnoxville: 3% · 109.7 miBridgeport: 2% · 13.8 miEast Ridge: 2% · 14.6 miSouth Pittsburg: 2% · 13.1 miCookeville: 2% · 79.6 miNashville: 2% · 109.1 miChattanooga 31%Jasper 17%Kimball 3%Cleveland 3%Knoxville 3%Whiteside
WhitesideTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi18 residents
46%10–24 mi40 residents
10%25–50 mi9 residents
23%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 23% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Whiteside: questions

What is the poverty rate in Whiteside?

0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Whiteside work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chattanooga (31%, 14 mi), Jasper (17%, 9 mi), Kimball (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Whiteside, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Whiteside

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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.