Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0Uniontown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Uniontown is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C). 951 jobs are based in Uniontown, and 3,124 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Uniontown; the top destination outside it is Akron (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Uniontown apart on work
Inside Uniontown’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Uniontown could be anywhere from B to A+.
Uniontown by day and by night
On a workday 3,044 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 871 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,700 people are in Uniontown on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Uniontown goes to work
Where Uniontown clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Uniontown: what the 951 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Uniontown, 2013 → 2023: 966 → 951. 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 Uniontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Uniontown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Uniontown workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,286 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far Uniontown’s workers travel
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 Uniontown start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,651 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). 1.0% of Uniontown households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Uniontown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Uniontown is 650th among 3,069 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Madeira OH | 9,637 | $168K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 28 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 648 | Dennis Township NJ | 6,100 | $106K | 5.7% | 0.6% | 13% | A− |
| 649 | East Haddam CT | 9,043 | $108K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 13% | A− |
| 650 | Uniontown OH | 7,920 | $93K | 7.8% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 651 | Mount Zion Township IL | 7,018 | $103K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| 652 | Upton MA | 8,560 | $156K | 3.2% | 6.5% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,069 | 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 Uniontown, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Uniontown compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Green (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Uniontown’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 Uniontown: questions
What is the median household income in Uniontown?
$93,393 (±$14,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Uniontown?
7.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Uniontown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Uniontown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Akron (18%, 10 mi), Jackson Township (8%, 8 mi), Canton (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Uniontown walkable?
Uniontown is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Uniontown 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 Uniontown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Uniontown
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.