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Work & commute in White Plains, NC

Most working residents leave White Plains for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Airy (23%), Winston-Salem (13%) and Dobson (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 422 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
40 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 419 White Plains residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Plains.

419live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
122work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Plains goes to work

LansingDobsonPilot MountainAydenKingElkinMount AirySalisburyMooresvilleCharlotteJacksonvilleWinston-SalemGreensboroRaleighToastPleasant HillWhite PlainsMount AiryWinston-SalemDobsonCharlottePilot MountainElkinMooresvilleRaleighSalisburyKingWhite Plains
1
Mount Airy4.9 mi away
23%96
2
Winston-Salem32 mi away
13%53
3
Dobson5.5 mi away
6%26
4
Charlotte85.9 mi away
4%17
5
Pilot Mountain10.6 mi away
2%9
6
Elkin16.6 mi away
2%9
7
Mooresville60.3 mi away
2%9
8
Raleigh119.8 mi away
2%7
9
Salisbury54.4 mi away
1%6
10
King20 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%185

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

How far

How far White Plains commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Plains 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 Plains are

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

Jobs based in White Plains

125 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs White Plains residents hold

422 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−10%

Jobs based in White Plains, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 125. 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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