Work & commute · South Union

Work & commute in South Union, PA

Most working residents leave South Union for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Uniontown (11%), North Union (10%) and Morgantown (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

475 of 4,422 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 3,947 South Union residents head out of town to work, 475 work right here, and 4,491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Union.

3,947live here, work elsewhere

475live and work here

4,491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Union goes to work

Uniontown2 mi away

11%495

South Union (in town)right here

11%475

North Union3.4 mi away

10%454

Morgantown, WV20.1 mi away

5%212

Georges4.1 mi away

4%186

Menallen5.8 mi away

3%139

Pittsburgh41.6 mi away

3%135

Wharton8.5 mi away

2%97

German7.8 mi away

2%85

Connellsville12.2 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,078

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

How far

How far South Union commutes

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

46%

21%

20%

13%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Union is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Union are

4,966 jobs are based in South Union. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Union’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Union

4,966 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs South Union residents hold

4,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−21%

Jobs based in South Union, 2013 → 2023: 6,249 → 4,966. 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.