Work & commute · New Union

Work & commute in New Union, AL

Most working residents leave New Union for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (15%), Albertville (13%) and Boaz (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 292 New Union residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Union.

292live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Union goes to work

Gadsden15 mi away

15%44

Albertville9 mi away

13%39

Boaz6.3 mi away

9%26

Birmingham53.1 mi away

4%12

Rainbow City16.4 mi away

4%11

Guntersville16.2 mi away

3%10

Huntsville46.6 mi away

3%10

Attalla11.9 mi away

2%5

Crossville16.6 mi away

2%5

Oneonta19.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%125

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far New Union commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

37%

16%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Union is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Union are

18 jobs are based in New Union. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Union

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs New Union residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+100%

Jobs based in New Union, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.