Work & commute · North Union

Work & commute in North Union, PA

Most working residents leave North Union for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Uniontown (10%), South Union (7%) and Menallen (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

717 of 4,883 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 4,166 North Union residents head out of town to work, 717 work right here, and 4,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Union.

4,166live here, work elsewhere

717live and work here

4,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Union goes to work

North Union (in town)right here

15%717

Uniontown2.4 mi away

10%493

South Union3.4 mi away

7%355

Menallen5.7 mi away

3%163

Pittsburgh39.9 mi away

3%155

Georges7.2 mi away

3%127

Morgantown, WV23.5 mi away

3%123

Wharton9.5 mi away

2%119

Connellsville8.9 mi away

2%107

Dunbar5 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,431

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

How far

How far North Union commutes

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

45%

18%

23%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Union is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Union are

5,358 jobs are based in North Union. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Union

5,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs North Union residents hold

4,883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in North Union, 2013 → 2023: 5,383 → 5,358. 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.