Whitelaw has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
66 jobs are based in Whitelaw for 353 working residents. Hardly any work in Whitelaw itself; outside it, Manitowoc draws the most (22%, 8 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Whitelaw stands out on work
Whitelaw is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Whitelaw, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Whitelaw has about 470 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Whitelaw and Manitowoc trade workers both ways
Manitowoc is the top workplace for Whitelaw residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Whitelaw come from (14% 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; with 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Whitelaw quiets down on a workday
On a workday 352 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Whitelaw on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Whitelaw ends
Where Whitelaw clocks in
7% 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.
What Whitelaw’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitelaw, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 66. 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 Whitelaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Whitelaw: 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 Whitelaw workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 375 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Where in the region Whitelaw works
About 16% 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.
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 Whitelaw: questions
What is the median household income in Whitelaw?
$57,027 (±$12,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitelaw?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitelaw?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitelaw work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (22%, 8 mi), Valders (7%, 6 mi), Sheboygan (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitelaw 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 Whitelaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitelaw
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.