Work & commute · White

Work & commute in White, MN

Most working residents leave White for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (17%), Duluth (8%) and Mountain Iron (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

160 of 1,222 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,062 White residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White goes to work

Virginia12.5 mi away

17%202

White (in town)right here

13%160

Duluth50.4 mi away

8%99

Mountain Iron17.2 mi away

7%91

Biwabik5 mi away

7%83

Hibbing33.2 mi away

5%58

Eveleth13.9 mi away

4%49

Greenwood25.6 mi away

2%26

Tower21.9 mi away

2%25

Minneapolis181.8 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%404

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

How far

How far White commutes

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

22%

37%

16%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in White are

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

Jobs based in White

944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs White residents hold

1,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+12%

Jobs based in White, 2013 → 2023: 840 → 944. 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.