Work & commute · White

Work & commute in White, OR

Most working residents leave White for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (43%), Central Point (5%) and Grants Pass (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 3,928 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,771 White residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 1,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White.

3,771live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

1,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White goes to work

Medford6.7 mi away

43%1,698

Central Point5.5 mi away

5%194

White City (in town)right here

4%157

Grants Pass25.5 mi away

4%149

Ashland17.9 mi away

3%114

Eagle Point2.9 mi away

2%84

Portland214.7 mi away

2%60

Eugene113.2 mi away

1%40

Phoenix10.6 mi away

1%36

Salem172.5 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,362

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.

74%

10%

13%

74%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White are

1,680 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

1,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs White residents hold

3,928 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+42%

Jobs based in White, 2013 → 2023: 1,183 → 1,680. 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.