Work & commute · Whitewright

Work & commute in Whitewright, TX

Most working residents leave Whitewright for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sherman (15%), McKinney (7%) and Plano (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 784 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 755 Whitewright residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitewright.

755live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitewright goes to work

Sherman15.6 mi away

15%120

McKinney26.5 mi away

7%51

Plano37.8 mi away

6%47

Dallas54.1 mi away

6%44

Denison20.7 mi away

5%43

Whitewright (in town)right here

4%29

Fort Worth74.7 mi away

4%29

Frisco34.8 mi away

3%20

Lewisville46.1 mi away

2%17

Bells7.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%370

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

How far

How far Whitewright commutes

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

34%

32%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitewright is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitewright are

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

Jobs based in Whitewright

400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Whitewright residents hold

784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+163%

Jobs based in Whitewright, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 400. 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.