Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, PA

Most working residents leave Union for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (15%), Neshannock (8%) and Shenango (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

205 of 2,195 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,990 Union residents head out of town to work, 205 work right here, and 1,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

1,990live here, work elsewhere

205live and work here

1,850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

New Castle2.7 mi away

15%338

Union (in town)right here

9%205

Neshannock3.9 mi away

8%185

Shenango6.3 mi away

4%88

Pittsburgh44.8 mi away

4%82

Hermitage15.7 mi away

3%61

Cranberry25.4 mi away

2%51

Youngstown, OH14.6 mi away

2%37

Boardman, OH14.1 mi away

2%36

Ellwood City11.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,082

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.

42%

25%

20%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%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

2,055 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

2,055 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Union residents hold

2,195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 2,224 → 2,055. 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.