Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, WI

About one in 3 of Whitehall’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (6%), Eau Claire (4%) and La Crosse (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

254 of 716 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 462 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 4,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

462live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

4,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Whitehall (in town)right here

35%254

Arcadia10.8 mi away

6%43

Eau Claire32.6 mi away

4%31

La Crosse37.4 mi away

4%27

Osseo16.3 mi away

3%25

Pigeon Falls7.8 mi away

3%23

Black River Falls25.1 mi away

2%16

Independence5.4 mi away

2%16

Madison129.6 mi away

2%12

Onalaska33.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%260

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

44%

17%

16%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is a job hub

6.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

4,395 jobs are based in Whitehall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitehall

4,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

716 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 4,648 → 4,395. 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.