Work means Tyler for about half of Whitehouse’s working residents
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Whitehouse B−; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 5% work in Whitehouse; the top destination outside it is Tyler (48%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whitehouse at work: what stands out
Nearly half of Whitehouse works in Tyler
1,714 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Tyler, 8.3 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Whitehouse itself. The commute map ↓
Whitehouse has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Whitehouse went from 1,302 in 2013 to 1,836 in 2023, +41%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Whitehouse’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Whitehouse is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #289 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Whitehouse’s grade up ($99,458, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Whitehouse could be anywhere from C to A.
The places Whitehouse commutes to
Where Whitehouse clocks in
48% 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.
Jobs in Whitehouse: what the 1,836 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitehouse, 2013 → 2023: 1,302 → 1,836. 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 Whitehouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Whitehouse
On a workday 3,365 residents head out to work, 179 work right here, and 1,657 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Whitehouse on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.52 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 Whitehouse, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitehouse workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,828 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Whitehouse
About 25% 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 Whitehouse start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Whitehouse is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #454 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% 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 4,516 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). 4.9% of Whitehouse households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Whitehouse’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Whitehouse is 1,570th of 2,744 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 13,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Lucas TX | 8,896 | $221K | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Aledo TX | 7,122 | $163K | 2.8% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,568 | Birch Bay WA | 10,837 | $87K | 9.4% | 3.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,569 | North Merritt Island FL | 9,025 | $105K | 6.9% | 7.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,570 | Whitehouse TX | 9,970 | $99K | 10.9% | 6.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,571 | Sonoma CA | 10,537 | $99K | 10.4% | 5.7% | 21% | B− |
| 1,572 | Summit IL | 10,753 | $62K | 11.2% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,744 | 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 Whitehouse, 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 Whitehouse: questions
What is the median household income in Whitehouse?
$99,458 (±$17,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitehouse?
10.9%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitehouse?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitehouse work?
5% work in town.
Is Whitehouse walkable?
Whitehouse is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitehouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitehouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitehouse
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.