Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, MI

Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Muskegon (14%), Montague (5%) and Grand Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

208 of 1,165 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 957 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 3,807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

957live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

3,807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Whitehall (in town)right here

18%208

Muskegon12.7 mi away

14%168

Montague1.4 mi away

5%58

Grand Rapids45.9 mi away

5%53

Norton Shores16.9 mi away

4%52

Muskegon12.5 mi away

3%33

Kentwood51.8 mi away

2%26

Whitehall2.8 mi away

2%22

Wyoming47.5 mi away

2%21

Grand Haven24.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%505

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

30%

33%

17%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is a job hub

3.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

4,015 jobs are based in Whitehall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitehall

4,015 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

1,165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2011 → 2021: 3,274 → 4,015. 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.