Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnion Township’s household incomes are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Union Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (21%, 24 miles). Below the poverty line: 9.5% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. For jobs and income Union Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Union Township and work: the main findings
Union Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Union Township is Columbus, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (859) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Union Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Union Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Union Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Union Township draws workers from far and wide
The 5,595 jobs in Union Township are filled from a wide area. Union Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Union Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($95,347, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Union Township
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.
In Union Township, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
5,595 jobs are based in Union Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,287 → 5,595. 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 towns that employ Union Township’s residents
Where Union Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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 commutes out of Union Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,673 residents head out to work, 409 work right here, and 5,186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
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 4,139 commuters (the 15% 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.
Most of Union Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,870 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Union Township is 1,089th of 2,806 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,087 | Stewartville MN | 6,850 | $83K | 4.8% | 3.5% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,088 | Pleasant Hill MO | 8,956 | $96K | 6.0% | 5.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,089 | Union Township OH | 9,403 | $95K | 9.5% | 3.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,090 | Northampton PA | 10,570 | $91K | 6.7% | 5.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,091 | Warrenton VA | 10,213 | $83K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 18% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 14% of Union Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Heath (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $95,347 |
| Licking Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $92,048 |
| Heath | 5% | B | B | 24 min | $71,917 |
| Granville Township | under 2% | A | A− | 23 min | $135,843 |
| Hebron | 5% | B | C− | 26 min | $66,627 |
| Granville | 2% | A | A | 22 min | $124,408 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 28 min | $110,765 |
| Granville South | under 2% | A+ | D− | 18 min | $131,307 |
| Walnut Township | under 2% | B | C | 32 min | $75,363 |
| Buckeye Lake | 2% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $79,286 |
| Harbor Hills | under 2% | A | D | 29 min | $86,136 |
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?
$95,347 (±$11,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
9.5%, 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. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (21%, 24 mi), Newark (11%, 8 mi), Heath (5%, 5 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 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.