With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Unionville works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns. There are 180 jobs in Unionville, and 489 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Unionville is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Unionville: the figures worth knowing
Unionville and Tifton trade workers both ways
Tifton is the top workplace for Unionville residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Unionville come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Unionville workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Unionville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Unionville’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (31.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (10.5%) is left out: Unionville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Unionville could be anywhere from D to C−.
27% of working residents work in Tifton
Where Unionville clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Unionville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unionville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 865 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
A workday in Unionville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Unionville on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Unionville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Unionville, 2014 → 2024: 57 → 180. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Unionville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Unionville to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Unionville is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 865 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 21.7% of Unionville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Unionville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Unionville is 4,571st of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,569 | Elk Township IL | 1,721 | $47K | 18.8% | 6.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,570 | Valley Township OH | 2,030 | $56K | 16.0% | 7.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,571 | Unionville GA | 2,000 | $53K | 31.8% | 10.5% | 0% | D |
| 4,572 | Gordo AL | 1,553 | $48K | 14.9% | 2.8% | 6% | D |
| 4,573 | Ninety Six SC | 2,089 | $55K | 22.6% | 7.2% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Unionville, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 27% of Unionville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Unionville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionville | – | D | C+ | 26 min | $53,351 |
| Tifton | 27% | C− | A− | 19 min | $45,298 |
| Phillipsburg | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Phillipsburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tifton. Darker towns draw more of Unionville’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 2024, 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 Unionville: questions
What is the median household income in Unionville?
$53,351 (±$7,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unionville?
31.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unionville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Unionville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tifton (27%, 2 mi), Valdosta (6%, 43 mi), Moultrie (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Unionville walkable?
Unionville is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Unionville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unionville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unionville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.