Union City is home to 66,463 people in New Jersey. 19% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 54%. Density works out to 51,642 people per square mile. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 38%. The poverty rate is 23.1%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,310, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 62%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Union City
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$357,850 → $471,600(+32%)US over the same years: +67%
White share21.2% → 9.5%(−11.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate18.2% → 23.1%(+4.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Union City's population equals 9.3% of Hudson County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 3.2% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 5.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)39.6%(221)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.1%(151)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.8%(172)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5%(28)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 558 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Union City, decade by decade
Union City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
58,012
$61,574
$357,850
10.7%
48.5
2000
67,088
$55,819
$290,736
12.5%
38.0
2010
66,455
$57,792
$547,664
16.7%
33.8
2020
68,589
$59,944
$436,334
23.1%
38.7
2024
66,463
$64,310
$471,600
28.3%
39.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
