Photo: Mark Spearman · CC BY 2.0Union Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 51% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #605 of 992 in Ohio.
Walkability B: more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns · #262 of 993 in Ohio.
Household incomes here are lower than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Union Township; the top destination outside it is Mount Vernon (20%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Union Township
What’s behind Union Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #605 of 992 in Ohio. The poverty rate holds Union Township’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 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 969 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.
Union Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 839 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.51 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 2023, primary jobs.
20% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Union Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 468 jobs in Union Township are
468 jobs are based in Union Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Union Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 474 → 468. 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.
Half of Union Township commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19% 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.
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 64% of U.S. towns, #262 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,043 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). 17.2% 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 2,242nd of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Union Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,240 | Virgil NY | 2,375 | $91K | 7.1% | 4.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,241 | Clinton Township OH | 3,170 | $72K | 9.3% | 3.5% | 8% | B− |
| 2,242 | Union Township OH | 2,609 | $69K | 5.0% | 3.3% | 9% | B− |
| 2,243 | Lake Township PA | 2,053 | $88K | 9.1% | 4.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,244 | El Paso IL | 2,723 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.9% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Union Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Butler Township (2%). Darker towns draw more of Union Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | B− | B | 31 min | $68,636 |
| Howard Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $104,696 |
| Tiverton Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Butler Township | 2% | D− | B− | 17 min | $51,086 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $50,000 |
| Brinkhaven | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tiverton Township, Jefferson Township and Brinkhaven: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$68,636 (±$13,278) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (20%, 14 mi), Danville (6%, 2 mi), Columbus (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% 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.