Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, MI

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (33%), Garfield (18%) and East Bay (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 192 Union residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

192live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Traverse City12 mi away

33%63

Garfield12.2 mi away

18%35

East Bay6 mi away

4%7

Kalkaska11.7 mi away

3%6

Walker115.1 mi away

2%4

Suttons Bay26.6 mi away

2%4

Peninsula17.8 mi away

2%4

Long Lake17.2 mi away

2%4

Green Lake16.6 mi away

2%3

Whitewater8.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%59

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.

62%

21%

9%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

14 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 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less64%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Union residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+17%

Jobs based in Union, 2011 → 2021: 12 → 14. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.