Union County is home to 26,144 people in Oregon. Density works out to 13 people per square mile. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4% of people here were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average. That trails the Oregon median by roughly 21%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $65,661, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 71%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Union County
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$104,403 → $294,600(+182%)US over the same years: +67%
White share95.9% → 85.8%(−10.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree17.0% → 26.1%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
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)31.8%(516)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.7%(335)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.4%(607)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.9%(96)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.7%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,622 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 County, decade by decade
Union County 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
23,598
$53,963
$104,403
17.0%
9.9
2000
24,530
$61,459
$172,146
21.8%
16.4
2010
25,748
$60,653
$217,512
20.3%
21.3
2020
26,196
$65,377
$240,226
24.2%
35.6
2024
26,144
$65,661
$294,600
26.1%
32.0
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.
