Work & commute · Whiteford

Work & commute in Whiteford, MI

Most working residents leave Whiteford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (25%), Bedford (5%) and Sylvania (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

164 of 2,243 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 2,079 Whiteford residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 1,024 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteford.

2,079live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

1,024work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiteford goes to work

Toledo, OH10 mi away

25%571

Whiteford (in town)right here

7%164

Bedford5.9 mi away

5%119

Sylvania, OH5.4 mi away

5%112

Detroit52.5 mi away

3%72

Sylvania, OH4.3 mi away

3%72

Ann Arbor34.8 mi away

3%65

Maumee, OH13.7 mi away

2%54

Dearborn45.3 mi away

2%46

Monroe19.5 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%924

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

How far

How far Whiteford commutes

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

38%

29%

15%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteford is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteford are

1,188 jobs are based in Whiteford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whiteford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whiteford

1,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Whiteford residents hold

2,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+90%

Jobs based in Whiteford, 2011 → 2021: 625 → 1,188. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.