With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Whitestown works elsewhere
There are 100 jobs in Whitestown; 193 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. 8% of workers have no commute at all; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Whitestown by day
On a workday 190 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Whitestown on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
10% of working residents work in Viroqua
Where Whitestown clocks in
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.
Services make up most of the work in Whitestown
100 jobs are based in Whitestown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitestown, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 100. 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 Whitestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Whitestown: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitestown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 8% 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 Whitestown works
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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Whitestown
The biggest share goes to Stark (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitestown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitestown | – | — | — | 28 min | $89,167 |
| Ontario | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Clinton | under 3% | D | C | 25 min | $72,500 |
| Sheldon | 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Forest | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Stark | 6% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ontario, Sheldon, Forest and Stark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whitestown’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 Whitestown: questions
What is the median household income in Whitestown?
$89,167 (±$41,183) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitestown?
19.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitestown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitestown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Viroqua (10%, 16 mi), Stark (6%, 7 mi), La Crosse (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitestown
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.