Work & commute · White Haven

Work & commute in White Haven, PA

Most working residents leave White Haven for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wright (8%), Wilkes-Barre (7%) and Plains (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 515 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 482 White Haven residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Haven.

482live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Haven goes to work

Wright7.4 mi away

8%39

Wilkes-Barre13.7 mi away

7%38

White Haven (in town)right here

6%33

Plains14.2 mi away

4%19

Foster5.1 mi away

3%18

Hazle13.8 mi away

3%17

Kidder7.4 mi away

3%14

Kingston15.1 mi away

2%12

Wilkes-Barre12.6 mi away

2%10

Butler9.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%306

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

How far

How far White Haven commutes

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

26%

39%

17%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Haven is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Haven are

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

Jobs based in White Haven

288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs White Haven residents hold

515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+26%

Jobs based in White Haven, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 288. 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.