Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, IN

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Frankfort (31%), Lafayette (17%) and Lebanon (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 379 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 376 Union residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

376live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Frankfort3.1 mi away

31%116

Lafayette18.7 mi away

17%63

Lebanon20 mi away

5%20

Michigan6.2 mi away

3%13

Center42.8 mi away

3%11

Ross7.3 mi away

2%7

West Lafayette22.7 mi away

2%6

Kokomo23 mi away

2%6

Whitestown25.5 mi away

1%5

Carmel31.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%127

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.

39%

31%

17%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

58 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

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Union residents hold

379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+18%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 58. 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.