Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in East Union Township (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income East Union Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. About one in seven stay in East Union Township for work; outside it, Wooster is the main destination (14%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from East Union Township, in brief
East Union Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in East Union Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs East Union Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from East Union Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few East Union Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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 2024, 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 East Union Township
Unemployment holds East Union Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($72,778, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Union Township could be anywhere from B to A.
East Union Township makes things: 58% of its jobs are in goods
1,958 jobs are based in East Union Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Union Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,578 → 1,958. 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 East Union Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from East Union Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Union Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,920 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
How a workday changes East Union Township
On a workday 2,492 residents head out to work, 383 work right here, and 1,575 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in East Union Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
Where East Union Township goes to work
Where East Union Township clocks in
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.
How far it is to work from East Union Township
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.
East Union Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 24.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,023 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). 28.7% of East Union Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
East Union Township next to U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400: 953rd of 3,167 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 951 | Eaton Township OH | 6,576 | $77K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 4% | A− |
| 952 | Byron Township IL | 6,398 | $90K | 6.1% | 2.9% | 12% | A− |
| 953 | East Union Township OH | 6,959 | $73K | 6.9% | 1.5% | 13% | A− |
| 954 | El Cerrito CA | 5,325 | $109K | 6.9% | 5.9% | 1% | A− |
| 955 | Spotswood NJ | 8,236 | $105K | 4.2% | 8.9% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 East Union Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around East Union Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Union Township | – | A− | B+ | 17 min | $72,778 |
| Green Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,422 |
| Wooster Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 16 min | $70,296 |
| Salt Creek Township | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sugar Creek Township | 3% | B | B | 18 min | $77,093 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 21 min | $71,384 |
| Kidron | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salt Creek Township: not graded. Kidron: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wooster Township. Darker towns draw more of East 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 East Union Township: questions
What is the median household income in East Union Township?
$72,778 (±$9,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Union Township?
6.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Union Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Union Township work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wooster (14%, 7 mi), Orrville (6%, 6 mi), Sugar Creek Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Union Township walkable?
East Union Township is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Union Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of East 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.