Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Union Township (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Union Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Only 7% work in Union Township itself; outside it, Washington Court House draws the most (21%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Union Township, in a few figures
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Union Township
Unemployment holds Union Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The places Union Township commutes to
Where Union Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Union Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 103 work right here, and 1,864 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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.
Union Township works in goods: 34% of its jobs
1,967 jobs are based in Union Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,936 → 1,967. 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.
Time on the road from Union Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,650 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Union Township
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 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, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,765 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). 5.3% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Union Township is 2,023rd of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 2,021 | Johnstown Township MI | 2,917 | $82K | 9.2% | 3.9% | 2% | B− |
| 2,022 | Sandy Township OH | 3,525 | $69K | 11.3% | 3.4% | 10% | B− |
| 2,023 | Union Township OH | 3,533 | $74K | 11.0% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| 2,024 | Lincoln WI | 2,737 | $78K | 7.9% | 1.8% | 9% | B− |
| 2,025 | Shaftsbury VT | 3,558 | $86K | 9.6% | 2.4% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Ohio.
Bordering towns draw 23% 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 | – | B− | D | 24 min | $74,352 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Jasper Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | C | D− | 39 min | $63,651 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 40 min | $76,014 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $49,375 |
| Paint Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 26 min | $84,271 |
| Washington Court House | 21% | C− | B | 25 min | $55,998 |
Same-state neighbors only. Concord Township, Jasper Township and Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Washington Court House. 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?
$74,352 (±$14,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Court House (21%, 3 mi), Columbus (6%, 39 mi), Wilmington (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 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 5% 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.