Work & commute · White Lake

Work & commute in White Lake, NC

Most working residents leave White Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (12%), Wilmington (10%) and Fayetteville (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 White Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Lake.

320live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Lake goes to work

Elizabethtown6.9 mi away

12%38

Wilmington45.8 mi away

10%32

Fayetteville40.7 mi away

6%21

Raleigh82.3 mi away

5%17

Whiteville25 mi away

4%12

Charlotte138.3 mi away

3%9

White Lake (in town)right here

2%5

Leland39.2 mi away

2%5

Clinton26 mi away

1%4

Lumberton30.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%178

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

How far

How far White Lake commutes

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

20%

41%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Lake is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Lake are

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

Jobs based in White Lake

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs White Lake residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−41%

Jobs based in White Lake, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 97. 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.