Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Union Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 13% across Ohio. Employers in Union Township report 201 jobs, and 792 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Union Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Union Township: the gist
Union Township and Findlay trade workers both ways
Findlay is the top workplace for Union Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Union Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Union Township is a place people come home to
There are 201 jobs based in Union Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Union Township has about 1,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 792 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Union Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Union Township’s grade up ($80,000, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
33% of working residents work in Findlay
Where Union Township clocks in
33% of workers
8% 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.
Who leaves Union Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 776 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How long Union Township spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 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 1,043 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Union Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 201. 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.
The distance from Union Township to work
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Union Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,074 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). 0.4% 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.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Union Township comes 2,781st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,779 | Plymouth ME | 1,328 | $62K | 6.5% | 2.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,780 | Henderson NY | 1,400 | $92K | 9.1% | 4.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,781 | Union Township OH | 1,816 | $80K | 9.6% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,782 | Foresthill CA | 1,483 | $81K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,783 | Thunder Mountain NM | 1,366 | $47K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
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+ | C+ | 20 min | $80,000 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | A− | C | 18 min | $98,713 |
| Blanchard Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Orange Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $74,966 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | B | B | 24 min | $65,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blanchard 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 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?
$80,000 (±$24,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
9.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (33%, 12 mi), Bluffton (8%, 5 mi), Columbus (3%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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.