Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0Union Township’s household incomes are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 20 minutes each way, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. For jobs and income Union Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). About two in five work in Union Township; the top destination outside it is Crawfordsville (33%, 0 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Union Township and work: the main findings
Union Township and Crawfordsville trade workers both ways
Crawfordsville is the top workplace for Union Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Union Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Union Township makes and builds things
40% 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 31%. The jobs ↓
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 Union Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Union Township’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($63,529, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Out of Union Township to work: where people go
Where Union Township clocks in
33% of workers
8% 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.
In Union Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
12,199 jobs are based in Union Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2014 → 2024: 12,956 → 12,199. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 6,219 residents head out to work, 4,318 work right here, and 7,881 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Union Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 10,977 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Union Township
About 17% 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.
In Union Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,904 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). 6.1% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Union Township ranks: 1,170th of 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 29 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Vernon Township IN | 20,047 | $108K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,168 | Buenaventura Lakes FL | 32,682 | $69K | 13.3% | 6.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,169 | Lansing IL | 28,068 | $76K | 14.0% | 9.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,170 | Union Township IN | 25,751 | $64K | 12.3% | 3.5% | 41% | C+ |
| 1,171 | Hamilton Township NJ | 28,845 | $79K | 8.8% | 10.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,172 | Massillon OH | 32,168 | $56K | 13.9% | 4.4% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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.
Around Union Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,529 |
| Ripley Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 22 min | $85,022 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B | C | 27 min | $73,438 |
| Coal Creek Township | under 2% | B | D | 35 min | $85,125 |
| Scott Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C | D | 25 min | $63,808 |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $78,750 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $102,083 |
| Linnsburg | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ripley Township and Linnsburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Scott Township: not graded. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Union Township?
$63,529 (±$8,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
12.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
41% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crawfordsville (33%, 0 mi), Indianapolis (8%, 44 mi), Lafayette (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% 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), 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.