How Union Deposit works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. A typical one-way commute lasts 9 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. There are 307 jobs in Union Deposit, against 198 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Union Deposit: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 197 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Union Deposit on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Union Deposit, and from where
Where Union Deposit clocks in
29% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Union Deposit
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Deposit, 2014 → 2024: 106 → 307. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Union Deposit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 9 minutes in Union Deposit
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Deposit workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Union Deposit, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns next door employ 29% of Union Deposit
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Deposit workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Deposit | – | — | — | 9 min | $118,051 |
| Derry Township | 29% | B+ | A | 19 min | $97,025 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Derry Township. Darker towns draw more of Union Deposit’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 2024, 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 Deposit: questions
What is the median household income in Union Deposit?
$118,051 (±$78,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Deposit?
23.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Deposit?
9 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Deposit work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (29%, 2 mi), Harrisburg (8%, 11 mi), Lower Paxton Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Union Deposit without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Deposit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Deposit
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.