Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnion Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Union Township has 418 jobs, against 1,111 working residents. Jobs and income earn Union Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 6% work in Union Township itself; outside it, Muncie draws the most (30%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Union Township and work: the main findings
Union Township makes and builds things
66% of the jobs based in Union Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Union Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Union Township and Muncie trade workers both ways
Muncie is the top workplace for Union Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Union Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Union Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Union Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #499 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Union Township’s grade up (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in Union Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 418. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Union Township goes to work
Where Union Township clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Union Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,020 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.
The daily commute in and out of Union Township
On a workday 1,042 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where in the region Union Township works
About 21% 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.
In Union Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #531 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,064 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). 1.8% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Union Township next to U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400: 3,502nd of 4,868 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 61 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 172 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,500 | Rockport IN | 1,966 | $49K | 13.3% | 3.2% | 13% | C− |
| 3,501 | Helt Township IN | 2,483 | $61K | 10.5% | 5.7% | 6% | C− |
| 3,502 | Union Township IN | 2,553 | $67K | 11.5% | 8.2% | 6% | C− |
| 3,503 | Alburgh VT | 2,147 | $76K | 11.4% | 2.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,504 | Woodside East DE | 2,274 | $61K | 10.9% | 11.9% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Union Township
The biggest share goes to Hamilton Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | C− | D | 27 min | $66,902 |
| Niles Township | under 2% | B | D− | 25 min | $65,750 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $74,595 |
| Licking Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 24 min | $47,103 |
| Hamilton Township | 7% | B+ | D− | 21 min | $74,274 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Union Township’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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Union Township?
$66,902 (±$10,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
27 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 Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (30%, 10 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 56 mi), Hamilton Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Township
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. 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.