Farmers' High School · Photo: Penn State iGEM 2008 · Public domainMost of Union Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
36 jobs are based in Union Township, and 552 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Union Township are B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Union Township; the top destination outside it is College Township (18%, 10 miles).
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
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Union Township
On income, poverty and job access, Union Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Union Township’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Union Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Union Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
In and out of Union Township on a workday
On a workday 548 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The towns that employ Union Township’s residents
Where Union Township 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 Union Township: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 36. 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.
Commuting from Union Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 640 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Union Township
About 20% 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.
Getting around Union Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Union Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 701 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). 0.4% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Union Township comes 1,435th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,433 | Dutch Island GA | 1,225 | $161K | 20.0% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,434 | West Pike Run Township PA | 1,504 | $77K | 7.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,435 | Union Township PA | 1,353 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,436 | Buffalo Township PA | 1,251 | $83K | 7.7% | 6.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,437 | Wolf River WI | 1,226 | $76K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pennsylvania.
How Union Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Boggs Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | B | D− | 27 min | $88,500 |
| Benner Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $101,228 |
| Huston Township | under 2% | C | D | 26 min | $81,250 |
| Snow Shoe Township | under 2% | C | C | 36 min | $66,161 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Boggs Township | 6% | B− | C | 23 min | $67,500 |
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?
$88,500 (±$9,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
4.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (18%, 10 mi), State College (8%, 10 mi), Patton Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% 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. 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.