Photo: Troypoling27 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Union City are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Union City; the top destination outside it is Greenville (10%, 12 miles). Poverty touches 31.2% of residents; Indiana has 12.3%. For jobs and income Union City is better than 5% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Union City apart on work
A lot of Union City workers cross into Ohio
31% of Union City workers work outside Indiana, most of them in Ohio, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Union City makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Union City are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Union City residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Union City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Union City fell from 1,147 in 2014 to 861 in 2024, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Union City
Job access by car holds Union City’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union City could be anywhere from D− to C.
Commuting out of Union City: the destinations
Where Union City clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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, not services: 42% of the jobs in Union City
861 jobs are based in Union City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union City, 2014 → 2024: 1,147 → 861. 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 Union City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Union City goes to work
About 33% 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.
Union City by day and by night
On a workday 1,115 residents head out to work, 198 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Union City on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How long Union City spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union City workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,274 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Few in Union City walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,327 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). 14.3% of Union City households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union City’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, and where Union City sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,308 | Morongo Valley CA | 4,209 | $52K | 24.9% | 8.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,309 | Nashville AR | 3,945 | $41K | 27.3% | 6.9% | 37% | D |
| 4,310 | Union City IN | 3,450 | $39K | 31.2% | 7.1% | 15% | D |
| 4,311 | Federalsburg MD | 2,864 | $34K | 34.0% | 9.5% | 10% | D |
| 4,312 | Rogers City MI | 2,869 | $49K | 17.7% | 6.8% | 28% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Union City, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Union City: questions
What is the median household income in Union City?
$39,360 (±$9,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union City?
31.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union City work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (10%, 12 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 76 mi), Winchester (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Union City walkable?
Union City is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union City
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.