Union Level has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Virginia as a whole. Union Level has 7 jobs, and 84 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Union Level; the top destination outside it is Richmond (12%, 71 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Union Level quiets down on a workday
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Union Level on a workday afternoon, 54% 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 Union Level goes to work
Where Union Level clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 57% of Union Level’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Union Level, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 7. 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 Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Union Level
of Union Level workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 0% 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.
Union Level’s commute, mile by mile
About 46% 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 Union Level: questions
What is the poverty rate in Union Level?
19.6%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Union Level work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richmond (12%, 71 mi), South Hill (11%, 6 mi), Boydton (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Union Level without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Union Level, from the people who make the trip.
More of Union Level
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.