Photo: NorthTexasHistory · CC BY-SA 4.0White Settlement has lower household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income White Settlement is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+). 12.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Texas has 13.8%. Only 4% work in White Settlement itself; outside it, Fort Worth draws the most (39%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets White Settlement apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in White Settlement than ten years ago
Jobs counted in White Settlement fell from 20,178 in 2013 to 4,870 in 2023, −76%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
White Settlement and Fort Worth trade workers both ways
Fort Worth is the top workplace for White Settlement residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in White Settlement come from (37% of its jobs). 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.
The figures behind White Settlement’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds White Settlement’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,784, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, White Settlement could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
What work there is in White Settlement: 4,870 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Settlement, 2013 → 2023: 20,178 → 4,870. 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 Settlement’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ White Settlement’s residents
Where White Settlement clocks in
39% 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.
The daily flow of workers through White Settlement
On a workday 7,518 residents head out to work, 353 work right here, and 4,517 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in White Settlement on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
From White Settlement, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Settlement workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,368 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from White Settlement to work
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.
Driving is how White Settlement gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 8,201 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.1% of White Settlement households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of White Settlement’s commuters take a bus or train.
White Settlement is 1,075th of 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Rendon TX | 14,632 | $118K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,073 | Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace FL | 14,755 | $59K | 15.5% | 1.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,074 | Hawaiian Gardens CA | 13,373 | $76K | 16.3% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,075 | White Settlement TX | 17,932 | $57K | 12.7% | 3.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,076 | Washington MO | 15,906 | $79K | 7.9% | 3.8% | 28% | B |
| 1,077 | Beach Park IL | 14,114 | $86K | 8.5% | 8.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Settlement, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door to White Settlement
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Settlement workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Settlement | – | B | C+ | 23 min | $56,784 |
| Westworth Village | under 2% | A− | C+ | 18 min | $86,429 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Settlement’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 Settlement: questions
What is the median household income in White Settlement?
$56,784 (±$3,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Settlement?
12.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Settlement?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Settlement work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Worth (39%, 7 mi), Dallas (7%, 40 mi), Arlington (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is White Settlement walkable?
White Settlement is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Settlement without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Settlement, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Settlement
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.