Work & commute · Whiteville

Work & commute in Whiteville, TN

Most working residents leave Whiteville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (12%), Bolivar (11%) and Memphis (10%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 609 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 570 Whiteville residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteville.

570live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiteville goes to work

Jackson29.4 mi away

12%75

Bolivar8.6 mi away

11%69

Memphis48.4 mi away

10%62

Whiteville (in town)right here

6%39

Somerville14 mi away

4%23

Brownsville19.7 mi away

2%11

Middleton22.4 mi away

1%9

Collierville36.1 mi away

1%9

Chattanooga221 mi away

1%9

Henderson29.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%296

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

How far

How far Whiteville commutes

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

18%

15%

31%

35%

18%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteville is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteville are

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

Jobs based in Whiteville

971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Whiteville residents hold

609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Whiteville, 2013 → 2023: 1,078 → 971. 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.