Household incomes in White Deer top those of 65% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income White Deer is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B). The poverty rate is 9.6% (Texas 13.8%). About one in ten work in White Deer itself; outside it, Amarillo draws the most (18%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
White Deer and work: the main findings
White Deer’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside White Deer is Amarillo, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
White Deer makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in White Deer are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs White Deer residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 279 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside White Deer’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds White Deer’s grade up ($87,292, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: White Deer’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, White Deer could be anywhere from D to A−.
How far White Deer goes to work
About 33% 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.
Goods jobs make up 52% of work in White Deer
429 jobs are based in White Deer.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Deer, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 429. 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 Deer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in White Deer: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 404 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in White Deer on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
1.5 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.
The towns that send workers to White Deer
Where White Deer clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from White Deer takes 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 Deer workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 500 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Getting around White Deer: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 565 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). 2.3% of White Deer households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Deer’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, White Deer ranks 1,592nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Serenada TX | 1,444 | $155K | 1.5% | 2.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,590 | East Finley Township PA | 1,286 | $78K | 9.4% | 1.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,591 | Geronimo OK | 1,188 | $74K | 10.6% | 7.5% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,592 | White Deer TX | 1,082 | $87K | 9.6% | 1.7% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,593 | Jackson Township PA | 1,195 | $76K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,594 | Carbondale KS | 1,296 | $76K | 15.2% | 0.7% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Deer, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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 Deer: questions
What is the median household income in White Deer?
$87,292 (±$32,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Deer?
9.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Deer?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Deer work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amarillo (18%, 40 mi), Pampa (8%, 14 mi), Borger (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Deer walkable?
White Deer is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Deer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Deer, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Deer
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.