Work & commute · East Union

Work & commute in East Union, PA

Most working residents leave East Union for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (12%), Shenandoah (4%) and West Hazleton (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 678 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 644 East Union residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 1,901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Union.

644live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

1,901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Union goes to work

Hazle7.6 mi away

12%82

East Union (in town)right here

5%34

Shenandoah6.2 mi away

4%24

West Hazleton8 mi away

3%23

Pottsville15 mi away

3%17

Hazleton9.1 mi away

2%16

Ringtown6.1 mi away

2%13

Philadelphia80.1 mi away

2%13

Butler13.6 mi away

2%12

Butler13.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%432

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far East Union commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

27%

21%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Union is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Union are

1,935 jobs are based in East Union. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Union

1,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs East Union residents hold

678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in East Union, 2013 → 2023: 1,930 → 1,935. 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.