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Work & commute · White

Work & commute in White, UT

Most working residents leave White for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salt Lake City (25%), Sandy (13%) and Draper (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
16 of 2,852 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,836 White residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White.

2,836live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
382work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White goes to work

White CityMidvaleSouth Salt LakeCottonwood HeightsMurrayRivertonSouth JordanHerrimanSandyWest Valley CityDraperWest JordanSalt Lake CitySalt Lake CitySandyDraperWest Valley CityMurraySouth JordanWest JordanSouth Salt LakeCottonwood HeightsMidvaleWhite
1
Salt Lake City14.7 mi away
25%702
2
Sandy0.7 mi away
13%363
3
Draper4.9 mi away
7%207
4
West Valley City11.4 mi away
6%159
5
Murray5.8 mi away
5%154
6
South Jordan6.9 mi away
4%124
7
West Jordan7.6 mi away
4%116
8
South Salt Lake9.6 mi away
4%111
9
Cottonwood Heights4 mi away
3%87
10
Midvale3.5 mi away
3%75
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%754

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.

52%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
3%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White are

398 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

398 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs White residents hold

2,852 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+81%

Jobs based in White, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 398. 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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