Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, CA

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fremont (11%), San Jose (8%) and San Francisco (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,794 of 34,081 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,287 Union residents head out of town to work, 2,794 work right here, and 21,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

31,287live here, work elsewhere

2,794live and work here

21,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Fremont8.6 mi away

11%3,876

San Jose24 mi away

8%2,828

Union City (in town)right here

8%2,794

San Francisco56.1 mi away

7%2,546

Hayward4.9 mi away

6%1,926

Palo Alto15.8 mi away

5%1,646

Oakland16.2 mi away

4%1,252

Sunnyvale15 mi away

3%980

Santa Clara16.7 mi away

3%956

Newark6.9 mi away

3%917

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%14,360

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

How far

How far Union commutes

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

31%

53%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

24,249 jobs are based in Union. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Union

24,249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Union residents hold

34,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+27%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 19,156 → 24,249. 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.