Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, GA

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (22%), College Park (6%) and South Fulton (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

588 of 11,623 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,035 Union residents head out of town to work, 588 work right here, and 14,101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

11,035live here, work elsewhere

588live and work here

14,101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Atlanta14.2 mi away

22%2,522

College Park6.6 mi away

6%708

Union City (in town)right here

5%588

South Fulton3.1 mi away

5%525

East Point7.4 mi away

4%451

Sandy Springs25.8 mi away

3%401

Fairburn3.5 mi away

2%278

Alpharetta36.9 mi away

1%167

Marietta24.9 mi away

1%162

Mableton15.2 mi away

1%151

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%5,670

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.

27%

48%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

14,689 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

14,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Union residents hold

11,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+140%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 6,109 → 14,689. 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.