Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnion Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
43 jobs are based in Union Township; 223 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Union Township for work; outside it, Zanesville is the main destination (10%, 25 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 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Union Township in brief
Union Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 52 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 399 hours of commuting, 222 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 48 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Union Township is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Union Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Union Township has about 430 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Union Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Union Township is Zanesville, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (22) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 52 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.7 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 283 commuters (the 6% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Union Township
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Union Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Where Union Township goes to work
Where Union Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
In Union Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 43. 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.
Next door to Union Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | — | — | 52 min | $69,198 |
| Penn Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Homer Township | under 3% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 36 min | $42,548 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Malta Township | under 3% | D | D | 25 min | $54,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Penn Township and Deerfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Homer 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?
$69,198 (±$2,948) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
6.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
52 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?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zanesville (10%, 25 mi), McConnelsville (5%, 8 mi), Athens (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% 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.