Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAt 5.7%, unemployment in Union Township is higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. The two grades for Union Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Union Township is behind 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Union Township
Union Township trades workers with the towns around it
Union Township has about as many jobs (4,324) as working residents (4,447), but they are mostly different people: 3,204 residents leave for work each day while 3,081 people come in. Only 29% of the jobs in Union Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Union Township and Monticello trade workers both ways
Monticello is the top workplace for Union Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Union Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Union Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #480 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Union Township’s grade up (9.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Union Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,204 residents head out to work, 1,243 work right here, and 3,081 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 (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in Monticello
Where Union Township clocks in
21% 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.
Inside Union Township’s 4,324 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,563 → 4,324. 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Union Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 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 4,201 commuters (the 5% 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 Union Township’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
Union Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #374 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of 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 4,407 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). 4.1% 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.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Union Township comes 2,267th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 110 | McCordsville IN | 13,094 | $111K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
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| 149 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 172 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,265 | Town of Pecos TX | 10,386 | $61K | 16.9% | 2.6% | 30% | C |
| 2,266 | Wabash IN | 10,190 | $53K | 14.0% | 4.4% | 38% | C |
| 2,267 | Union Township IN | 10,065 | $62K | 9.7% | 5.7% | 28% | C |
| 2,268 | Delphos OH | 7,096 | $61K | 12.2% | 5.6% | 15% | C |
| 2,269 | Latrobe PA | 7,826 | $56K | 16.6% | 5.4% | 14% | C |
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| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
Work next door: 21% of Union Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | C | C | 21 min | $62,052 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 23 min | $57,734 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 31 min | $84,583 |
| Big Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Monticello | 21% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $52,798 |
| Honey Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C | 19 min | $76,607 |
| Monon Township | under 2% | D | C− | 28 min | $48,670 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Big Creek Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Monticello. 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?
$62,052 (±$9,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
9.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monticello (21%, 0 mi), Lafayette (13%, 24 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.