Work & commute · Union

Work & commute in Union, TN

42% of Union’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Martin (8%), Jackson (4%) and Memphis (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,781 of 4,219 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,438 Union residents head out of town to work, 1,781 work right here, and 7,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union.

2,438live here, work elsewhere

1,781live and work here

7,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union goes to work

Union City (in town)right here

42%1,781

Martin12.5 mi away

8%324

Jackson54.4 mi away

4%163

Memphis104.7 mi away

4%162

Dyersburg32.1 mi away

4%156

Dresden21.9 mi away

1%39

Fulton, KY11 mi away

1%35

Milan39.2 mi away

1%34

Newbern24.8 mi away

1%33

Paris42.2 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,460

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.

52%

12%

26%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union are

9,250 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

9,250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Union residents hold

4,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+49%

Jobs based in Union, 2013 → 2023: 6,198 → 9,250. 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.