Dusmal House · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Union Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Union Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (17%, 14 miles). There are 929 jobs in Union Township; 2,522 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Union Township are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Union Township: the gist
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Union Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Union Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #738 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Union Township’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Union Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Union Township works in goods: 57% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Township, 2014 → 2024: 725 → 929. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Union Township by day
On a workday 2,451 residents head out to work, 71 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Union Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Union Township’s working residents head each day
Where Union Township clocks in
17% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Union Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 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 2,154 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Union Township
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 commute in Union Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #636 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,386 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). 2.1% of Union Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Union Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Union Township places 2,052nd of 3,432 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,400
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,050 | Canal Fulton OH | 5,412 | $62K | 13.9% | 4.4% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,051 | Ontario OH | 6,692 | $69K | 7.4% | 6.3% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,052 | Union Township PA | 5,518 | $61K | 15.0% | 4.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,053 | Lake Wildwood CA | 4,792 | $86K | 8.2% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,054 | Durham CA | 5,340 | $95K | 10.2% | 6.7% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Union Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Peters Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Township | – | C+ | B− | 26 min | $61,071 |
| Nottingham Township | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $123,594 |
| Forward Township | under 2% | B | D | 31 min | $67,171 |
| Peters Township | 6% | A+ | B− | 30 min | $145,979 |
| Bunola | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Carroll Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $79,219 |
| South Park Township | 2% | A | A− | 29 min | $101,102 |
| New Eagle | under 2% | C− | B | 28 min | $51,716 |
| Jefferson Hills | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $116,064 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bunola: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Union Township?
$61,071 (±$7,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Township?
15.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (17%, 14 mi), Peters Township (6%, 6 mi), Bethel Park (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Union Township walkable?
Union Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% 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), 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. 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.