Union City

Population & Demographics

Union City, CA

Union City is home to 67,464 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 37,283 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
67,464
people
Population

67,464 residents

Median age 43.0 · 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
67,464
Median age
43.0yrs
Median household income
$133,715
Median home value
$1,104,900
Median gross rent
$2,713/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
45.1%
Poverty rate
7.2%

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).

Asian56.9%
Hispanic or Latino20.2%
White13.6%
Black4.4%
Two or more races3.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.6%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

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
37,283
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fremont
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

38 / 100

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

Union City

37,283 commutes, one dot at a time

Union City

Where 37,283 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Fremont5.1 mi4,261
2Union City0.0 mi3,326
3San Jose21.8 mi3,054
4San Francisco24.3 mi2,680
5Hayward3.9 mi2,179
6Palo Alto12.3 mi1,727
7Oakland17.1 mi1,405
8Sunnyvale15.1 mi1,029

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Union City.

1Union City0.0 mi3,326
2Hayward3.9 mi3,001
3Fremont5.1 mi2,017
4San Jose21.8 mi1,413
5Oakland17.1 mi1,326
6San Leandro10.0 mi726
7San Francisco24.3 mi598
8Newark4.2 mi580

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 Assistance16.5%
MFManufacturing14.7%
WSWholesale Trade12.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services11.6%
RTRetail Trade9.4%
COConstruction7.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.4%
EDEducational Services4.8%
Connectivity

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