Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in White Stone
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, where Virginia has 27 and the U.S. 26. Only 6% stay in White Stone for work; outside it, Kilmarnock is the main destination (8%, 5 miles). 230 jobs are based in White Stone; 201 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in White Stone: the gist
How far it is to work from White Stone
About 43% 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.
White Stone on a workday afternoon
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of White Stone to work: where people go
Where White Stone clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in White Stone
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Stone, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 230. 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 Stone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from White Stone takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Stone workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
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 Stone: questions
What is the median household income in White Stone?
$58,036 (±$20,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Stone?
3.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Stone?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Stone work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kilmarnock (8%, 5 mi), Irvington (4%, 2 mi), Washington (4%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Stone without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Stone, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Stone
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.