Burwell-Holland House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnion Hall has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The two grades for Union Hall are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 89 jobs are based in Union Hall, and 432 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Union Hall and work: the main findings
Union Hall is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Union Hall, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Union Hall
27% of Union Hall workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Time on the road ↓
Union Hall workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Virginia. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 432 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Union Hall
On income, poverty and job access, Union Hall is better than 66% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Union Hall’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Union Hall’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Union Hall could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How many people are in Union Hall by day
On a workday 416 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Union Hall on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Union Hall’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Union Hall workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
20% of working residents work in Rocky Mount
Where Union Hall clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
In Union Hall, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Hall, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 89. 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 Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Union Hall’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 Hall gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Union Hall is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Union Hall 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 480 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). 1.7% of Union Hall households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Union Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Union Hall is 1,323rd among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Great Falls Crossing VA | 1,414 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Occoquan VA | 1,078 | $134K | 2.1% | 5.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Bull Run Mountain Estates VA | 1,827 | $250K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,321 | Hutchinson Township MN | 1,219 | $109K | 6.0% | 1.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,322 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,323 | Union Hall VA | 1,445 | $103K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,324 | Brookfield Township MI | 1,472 | $87K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,325 | Turtle Lake Township MN | 1,258 | $120K | 5.4% | 0.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Hall, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Next door to Union Hall
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Union Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hall | – | B+ | D | 33 min | $103,125 |
| Penhook | under 2% | B+ | B | 41 min | $108,750 |
| North Shore | under 2% | B− | C− | 31 min | $109,951 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Union Hall’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 Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Union Hall?
$103,125 (±$25,640) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Union Hall?
4.4%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Union Hall?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Union Hall work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rocky Mount (20%, 11 mi), Roanoke (13%, 23 mi), Westlake Corner (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Union Hall walkable?
Union Hall is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Union Hall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Hall
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.