Work & commute · White Plains

Work & commute in White Plains, AL

Most working residents leave White Plains for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Anniston (29%), Oxford (11%) and Gadsden (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 292 White Plains residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Plains.

292live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Plains goes to work

Anniston9.2 mi away

29%86

Oxford15.3 mi away

11%34

Gadsden25.4 mi away

4%11

Birmingham65.8 mi away

3%10

Jacksonville5.2 mi away

3%8

Heflin10.3 mi away

3%8

Montgomery103.1 mi away

2%7

Pell City35.8 mi away

2%6

Huntsville85.9 mi away

2%6

West End-Cobb Town13.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%115

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far White Plains commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

39%

13%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Plains is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in White Plains are

70 jobs are based in White Plains. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Plains

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs White Plains residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+59%

Jobs based in White Plains, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 70. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.