Work & commute · White Springs

Work & commute in White Springs, FL

Most working residents leave White Springs for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake City (17%), Gainesville (6%) and Jacksonville (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 262 White Springs residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Springs.

262live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Springs goes to work

Lake City12 mi away

17%46

Gainesville51.3 mi away

6%16

White Springs (in town)right here

3%8

Jacksonville65.3 mi away

3%8

Live Oak13.9 mi away

3%7

Jasper13.6 mi away

2%5

Ocala87.6 mi away

1%4

Tampa164.2 mi away

1%4

Perry51.7 mi away

1%3

Tallahassee89.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%166

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

How far

How far White Springs commutes

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

14%

41%

39%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Springs is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Springs are

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

Jobs based in White Springs

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs White Springs residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+30%

Jobs based in White Springs, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 73. 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.