Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, IN

About one in 4 of Union’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monticello (21%), Lafayette (13%) and West Lafayette (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,243 of 4,447 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,204 Union residents head out of town to work, 1,243 work right here, and 3,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

3,204live here, work elsewhere

1,243live and work here

3,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Monticello0.3 mi away

21%955

Lafayette24.5 mi away

13%585

Union (in town)right here

5%241

West Lafayette22.4 mi away

3%142

Center75 mi away

2%98

Monon9.8 mi away

2%96

Logansport21.8 mi away

2%84

Kokomo39 mi away

2%80

Deer Creek13.8 mi away

2%80

Frankfort34.6 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,020

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.

34%

27%

13%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

4,324 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

4,324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Union residents hold

4,447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−5%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 4,563 → 4,324. 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.