Work & commute · White Hall

Work & commute in White Hall, IL

Most working residents leave White Hall for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are White Hall (13%), Springfield (12%) and Jacksonville (12%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

150 of 1,130 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 980 White Hall residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Hall.

980live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Hall goes to work

White Hall1.1 mi away

13%146

Springfield47.4 mi away

12%141

Jacksonville22.9 mi away

12%132

Carrollton8.9 mi away

5%51

Greenfield11.4 mi away

3%36

St. Louis, MO55 mi away

2%25

Winchester14.7 mi away

2%19

Chicago219.1 mi away

2%18

South Jacksonville21.2 mi away

1%16

Jerseyville21.4 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%530

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

How far

How far White Hall commutes

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

22%

24%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Hall is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Hall are

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

Jobs based in White Hall

447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs White Hall residents hold

1,130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−36%

Jobs based in White Hall, 2013 → 2023: 701 → 447. 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.