Given Owens House · Photo: Colinhester · CC BY-SA 4.0Union Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
668 jobs are based in Union Township for 1,391 working residents. Union Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Union Township is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Union Township, in brief
Many jobs in Union Township pay little
41% of the jobs based in Union Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Union Township
47% of Union Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Union Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 86% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Union Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Union Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #207 of 247 in Missouri. Unemployment holds Union Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($50,938, 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 D− to C+.
What Union Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 849 → 668. 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 24 minutes each way, about the MO average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,328 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
Union Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,194 residents head out to work, 197 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
11% of working residents work in Campbell
Where Union Township clocks in
11% 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.
Half of Union Township commutes less than 22 miles
About 24% 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.
Driving is how Union Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #237 of 247 in Missouri. Both inputs place Union Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,362 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). 3.6% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Union Township places 3,847th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | St. Paul MO | 3,849 | $159K | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Clarkson Valley MO | 2,540 | $247K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Frontenac MO | 3,790 | $233K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,845 | Drummer Township IL | 3,914 | $51K | 12.6% | 9.5% | 33% | D |
| 3,846 | Pittsfield IL | 4,041 | $55K | 17.9% | 4.9% | 32% | D |
| 3,847 | Union Township MO | 3,242 | $51K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 14% | D |
| 3,848 | Bystrom CA | 4,143 | $49K | 33.5% | 23.7% | 1% | D |
| 3,849 | Privateer SC | 2,472 | $49K | 20.6% | 9.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Missouri.
Next door to Union Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | D | C− | 24 min | $50,938 |
| Cotton Hill Township | under 3% | D− | B | 22 min | $47,096 |
| Holcomb Township | under 3% | D | D | 29 min | $49,167 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $57,847 |
| Freeborn Township | under 3% | D− | C | 31 min | $45,882 |
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?
$50,938 (±$14,538) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
20.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Campbell (11%, 4 mi), Poplar Bluff (10%, 23 mi), Malden (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% 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.