With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of New Union works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole. New Union has 18 jobs, against 292 working residents. Hardly any work in New Union itself; outside it, Gadsden draws the most (15%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in New Union: the figures worth knowing
New Union is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in New Union, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Union has about 720 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Union workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few New Union workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
New Union by day and by night
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in New Union on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 40 minutes each way for New Union’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Union workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places New Union commutes to
Where New Union clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
New Union makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Union, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Union
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to New Union
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Boaz. Darker towns draw more of New Union’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Union: questions
What is the median household income in New Union?
$43,462 (±$7,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Union?
30.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Union?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Union work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (15%, 15 mi), Albertville (13%, 9 mi), Boaz (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Union without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Union, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Union
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.