Despite the fact that it is a small city, Whitehall has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.
The citizens of Whitehall are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.11% of adults in Whitehall have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Whitehall in 2022 was $25,315, which is low income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,260 for a family of four. However, Whitehall contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whitehall is an extremely 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 10.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitehall include German, Irish, English, Ethiopian, and Italian.
Whitehall also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.13%.
The most common language spoken in Whitehall is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
