Sites Homestead · Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0How Whitmer works: jobs, income and commuting
Whitmer has 33 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any stay in Whitmer for work; outside it, Elkins is the main destination (24%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Whitmer by day
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
0.00 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.
Where the trip to work from Whitmer ends
Where Whitmer clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
How far it is to work from Whitmer
About 27% 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 Whitmer: questions
Where do people who live in Whitmer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkins (24%, 18 mi), Beverly (9%, 18 mi), Dexter City (3%, 119 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitmer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitmer
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.