With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of West Union works elsewhere
6 jobs are based in West Union for 88 working residents. Hardly any work in West Union itself; outside it, Marshall draws the most (23%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of West Union, and who commutes in
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in West Union on a workday afternoon, 59% 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 West Union: the destinations
Where West Union clocks in
23% of workers
11% 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.
Goods jobs make up 83% of work in West Union
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Union, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 West Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Union
of West Union workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% 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 West Union works
About 28% 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 West Union: questions
What is the median household income in West Union?
$109,688 (±$55,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Union?
7.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Union work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (23%, 13 mi), Terre Haute (11%, 23 mi), Casey (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West 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 West Union, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.