Union Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Union Township report 148 jobs; 542 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Union Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Only 2% work in Union Township; the top destination outside it is Penn Township (8%, 6 miles).
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 Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Union Township’s grade up ($76,339, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.9%) 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+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Union Township
On a workday 529 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 people from Union Township work
Where Union Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
65% of the jobs in Union Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 148. 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.
How long Union Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 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 476 commuters (the 18% 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.
Union Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Union Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 577 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). 17.0% 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.
Union Township is 2,959th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,957 | Kenduskeag ME | 1,418 | $80K | 15.9% | 2.1% | <1% | C |
| 2,958 | Milan NH | 1,354 | $70K | 6.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 2,959 | Union Township PA | 1,517 | $76K | 12.9% | 4.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,960 | Crystal Lakes OH | 1,245 | $63K | 25.9% | 13.1% | <1% | C |
| 2,961 | Castleton-on-Hudson NY | 1,463 | $52K | 14.1% | 19.1% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Union Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | C | B | 28 min | $76,339 |
| Chapman Township | 4% | C+ | B | 24 min | $81,016 |
| Penn Township | 8% | B− | C | 17 min | $61,479 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lower Mahanoy Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 30 min | $69,904 |
| Herndon | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lower Augusta Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $74,688 |
| Washington Township | 4% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $74,519 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township and Herndon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Penn Township. 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?
$76,339 (±$7,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
12.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Township (8%, 6 mi), Selinsgrove (6%, 6 mi), Washington Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% 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. 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.