Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Union works elsewhere
134 jobs are based in Union, and 397 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Union itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (8%, 31 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Union in brief
Union’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Union is Hartford, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (33) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Union workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Union goes to work
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.
The trip to work from Union: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 436 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Union: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Union on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Union: the destinations
Where Union clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Union
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 134. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Union and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Stafford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union | – | — | — | 32 min | $88,958 |
| Woodstock | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $112,011 |
| Stafford | 6% | B | D | 26 min | $93,235 |
| Ashford | under 3% | B+ | D | 34 min | $121,926 |
| Eastford | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 35 min | $97,422 |
| Willington | under 3% | A− | D | 26 min | $91,114 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 Union: questions
What is the median household income in Union?
$88,958 (±$13,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union?
5.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (8%, 31 mi), Stafford (6%, 8 mi), Manchester (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Union without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.