Union City

Population & Demographics

Union City, NJ

Union City is home to 66,463 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 28,711 resident workers commute each day.

New JerseyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
66,463
people
Population

66,463 residents

Median age 37.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Union City population & demographics

Who lives in Union City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
66,463
Median age
37.4yrs
Median household income
$64,310
Median home value
$471,600
Median gross rent
$1,537/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.4%
Poverty rate
23.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Union City

How Union City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino81.8%
White9.5%
Black3.3%
Asian3.3%
Two or more races1.4%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Union City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Union City.

Union City at a glance
Employed Residents
28,711
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Union City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Union City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

35 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Union City

28,711 commutes, one dot at a time

Union City

Where 28,711 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Union City, by worker count.

1New York7.3 mi7,384
2Union City0.0 mi3,495
3Jersey City3.6 mi1,983
4Secaucus2.0 mi1,148
5Hoboken1.6 mi869
6Newark8.3 mi843
7West New York1.7 mi673
8East Rutherford5.5 mi635

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Union City.

1Union City0.0 mi3,495
2New York7.3 mi1,565
3Jersey City3.6 mi898
4West New York1.7 mi685
5Newark8.3 mi367
6Paterson12.3 mi219
7Clifton9.5 mi196
8Passaic8.0 mi195

Top industries

The sectors that employ Union City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.0%
EDEducational Services17.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services16.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.0%
PAPublic Administration9.9%
RTRetail Trade8.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.6%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Union City

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps14%
8 Gbps14%
See all internet providers in Union City

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).