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Work & commute in White Deer, PA

Most working residents leave White Deer for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milton (11%), Kelly (6%) and Mahoning (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
96 of 1,950 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,854 White Deer residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 1,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Deer.

1,854live here, work elsewhere
96live and work here
1,124work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Deer goes to work

WatsontownLewisburgMifflinburgMiltonWilliamsportWest ChillisquaqueKellyGreggDelawareBuffaloWest BuffaloEast BuffaloTurbotWhite DeerMahoningMiltonKellyMahoningWilliamsportEast BuffaloGreggLewisburgWatsontownMifflinburgWhite Deer
1
Milton6.3 mi away
11%223
2
Kelly4.2 mi away
6%110
3
White Deer (in town)right here
5%96
4
Mahoning19.2 mi away
5%93
5
Williamsport13.6 mi away
4%74
6
East Buffalo8.9 mi away
3%63
7
Gregg4.2 mi away
3%58
8
Lewisburg7 mi away
3%56
9
Watsontown4.9 mi away
2%41
10
Mifflinburg10.6 mi away
2%41
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%1,095

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

How far

How far White Deer commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Deer is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Deer are

1,220 jobs are based in White Deer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Deer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Deer

1,220 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)20%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs White Deer residents hold

1,950 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−49%

Jobs based in White Deer, 2013 → 2023: 2,405 → 1,220. 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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