One of the benefits of Whitehall is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.96 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Whitehall does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Whitehall is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.34% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Whitehall in 2022 was $30,264, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,056 for a family of four. However, Whitehall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitehall is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whitehall home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitehall residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Whitehall also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitehall include German, English, Italian, Dutch, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Whitehall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
