Mount Fair · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Free Union commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Free Union report 15 jobs, and 75 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Free Union; the top destination outside it is Charlottesville (25%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Free Union
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Free Union on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Free Union’s residents
Where Free Union clocks in
25% of workers
3% 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 place that makes things: 100% of Free Union’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Free Union, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 15. 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 Free Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Free Union
of Free Union workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Free Union
About 30% 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.
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 Free Union: questions
What is the poverty rate in Free Union?
0.0%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Free Union work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlottesville (25%, 9 mi), University of Virginia (9%, 8 mi), Richmond (3%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Free Union, from the people who make the trip.
More of Free Union
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.