Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0White Oak’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income White Oak is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). 7.4% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Texas as a whole. 6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Texas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in White Oak
White Oak and Longview trade workers both ways
Longview is the top workplace for White Oak residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in White Oak come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from White Oak are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
White Oak makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in White Oak are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs White Oak residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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 figures behind White Oak’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds White Oak’s grade up ($101,027, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Oak could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
34% of working residents work in Longview
Where White Oak clocks in
34% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 long White Oak spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Oak workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,513 commuters (the 6% 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.
In White Oak, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,883 jobs are based in White Oak.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Oak, 2013 → 2023: 2,107 → 1,883. 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 Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through White Oak
On a workday 2,334 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,703 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in White Oak on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from White Oak
About 29% 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.
Most trips from White Oak start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,672 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). 1.6% of White Oak households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Oak’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, White Oak is 1,380th among 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Garden Ridge TX | 4,371 | $177K | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,378 | Buckhead GA | 4,702 | $145K | 0.6% | 7.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,379 | Gentry AR | 4,899 | $70K | 9.1% | 1.6% | 18% | B |
| 1,380 | White Oak TX | 6,186 | $101K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 7% | B |
| 1,381 | Goshen Township OH | 5,496 | $65K | 7.9% | 1.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,382 | Tara Hills CA | 4,840 | $102K | 8.6% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Oak, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
White Oak and its neighbors: 34% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Oak workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak | – | B | C− | 20 min | $101,027 |
| Longview | 34% | B− | B | 21 min | $63,340 |
| Clarksville City | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarksville City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Longview. Darker towns draw more of White Oak’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 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 Oak: questions
What is the median household income in White Oak?
$101,027 (±$12,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Oak?
7.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Oak?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Oak work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (34%, 5 mi), Kilgore (5%, 9 mi), Gladewater (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Oak walkable?
White Oak is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Oak 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 Oak, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Oak
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.