Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, IN

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (22%), Fort Wayne (21%) and Garrett (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,265 of 6,506 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,241 Union residents head out of town to work, 1,265 work right here, and 4,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

5,241live here, work elsewhere

1,265live and work here

4,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Auburn2.5 mi away

22%1,441

Fort Wayne21.4 mi away

21%1,388

Garrett6.1 mi away

5%342

Butler7.9 mi away

4%235

Elkhart53.6 mi away

3%220

Kendallville13.4 mi away

3%186

Angola18.3 mi away

2%159

Wilmington5.6 mi away

2%137

Waterloo4.3 mi away

2%133

Grant2.6 mi away

2%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,136

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.

40%

39%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

5,977 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

5,977 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Union residents hold

6,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−7%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 6,425 → 5,977. 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.