Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, NY

About one in 3 of Union’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Binghamton (17%), Vestal (9%) and Dickinson (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

6,215 of 21,522 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 15,307 Union residents head out of town to work, 6,215 work right here, and 14,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

15,307live here, work elsewhere

6,215live and work here

14,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Union (in town)right here

29%6,215

Binghamton6.5 mi away

17%3,558

Vestal5.3 mi away

9%1,935

Dickinson6.3 mi away

6%1,228

Owego8.7 mi away

4%863

New York148.3 mi away

4%758

Kirkwood12.2 mi away

2%487

Chenango9.1 mi away

2%353

Conklin11.7 mi away

1%295

Syracuse63.5 mi away

1%270

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%5,560

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.

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

20,333 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

20,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Union residents hold

21,522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−15%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 23,795 → 20,333. 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.