Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, IN

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tell City (8%), Evansville (8%) and Jasper (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 235 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 235 Union residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

235live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Union goes to work

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1
Tell City16.4 mi away
8%19
2
Evansville55.6 mi away
8%19
3
Jasper30.4 mi away
7%17
4
Oil6.8 mi away
7%17
5
Ferdinand20.5 mi away
7%16
6
Tobin11.6 mi away
5%12
7
Huntingburg27.6 mi away
3%7
8
Troy14.2 mi away
3%7
9
Troy16.5 mi away
3%6
10
Santa Claus22 mi away
3%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%109

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.

18%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Union is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

11 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

11 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities55%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less36%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Union residents hold

235 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−58%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 11. 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.

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