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Work & commute · White River

Work & commute in White River, IN

Most working residents leave White River for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Princeton (25%), Patoka (17%) and Evansville (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
17 of 645 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 628 White River residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White River.

628live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White River goes to work

Mount CarmelHazletonPatokaPrincetonVincennesJasperEvansvilleDeckerVincennesPatokaWashingtonCenterWashingtonJohnsonMontgomeryWhite RiverCenterPrincetonPatokaEvansvilleVincennesMontgomeryCenterVincennesJasperWashingtonWhite River
1
Princeton6.3 mi away
25%160
2
Patoka6.5 mi away
17%109
3
Evansville31.5 mi away
12%78
4
Vincennes17.6 mi away
3%20
5
Montgomery11.5 mi away
2%14
6
White River (in town)right here
2%11
7
Center27.5 mi away
2%10
8
Vincennes13.7 mi away
1%9
9
Jasper37.3 mi away
1%8
10
Washington20.3 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%218

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

How far

How far White River commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White River is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White River are

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

Jobs based in White River

75 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs White River residents hold

645 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+121%

Jobs based in White River, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 75. 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.

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