Union Grove at work: jobs, income and the commute
Commuters spend 41 minutes getting to work on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Union Grove; the top destination outside it is Huntsville (15%, 24 miles). Union Grove has 40 jobs, and 33 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Union Grove
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Union Grove: the destinations
Where Union Grove clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Union Grove is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Grove, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 40. 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 Union Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 41 minutes from Union Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Union Grove works
About 25% 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.
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 Union Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Union Grove?
$50,694 (±$30,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Grove?
4.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Grove?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (15%, 24 mi), Guntersville (12%, 12 mi), Arab (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Union Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Grove
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.