Average household size:
| This city: |  2.3 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 67.8% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.9% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 12.0% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 10.4% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Union, IA
Union compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Union (2009 data):
- Hardin County Savings Bank: Union Main Branch at 204 Center Street, branch established on 1930-09-19. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $131.0 mil, Deposits: $111.9 mil, headquarters in Eldora, IA, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Hardin County Bancorporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Hardin County Iowa:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religon statistics for Union
| Name | United Methodist Church | Lutheran Church | United Church of Christ | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 22.3% | 16.4% | 16.3% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
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| Congregations | 17.0% | 9.4% | 11.3% | 7.5% | 3.8% |
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| Name | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | North American Baptist Conference | Friends (Quakers) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 4.9% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 13.0% |
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| Congregations | 3.8% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 7.5% | 32.1% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,231 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,252 | $27,024 | 1 | $62 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,252 | $27,024 | 2 | $1,293 |
Union government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $37,000
Solid Waste Management: $29,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $56,000
Regular Highways: $56,000
Sewerage: $38,000
General - Other: $30,000
Solid Waste Management: $30,000
Libraries: $15,000
Police Protection: $9,000
General Public Buildings: $6,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
Fire Protection: $4,000
Central Staff Services: $2,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,000
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $1,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $143,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $41,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $34,000
General Support: $6,000
- Tax - Property: $93,000
Total General Sales: $28,000
NEC: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $52,000
5.63% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,300 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.63% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,087 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.99% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Union:
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
- WOI (640 AM; 5 kW; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIV., OF SCIENCE & TECH.)
- KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
- KFJB (1230 AM; 1 kW; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KPSZ (940 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KBGG (1700 AM; 10 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KWMT (540 AM; 5 kW; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KWLO (1330 AM; 5 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KFGQ (1260 AM; 5 kW; BOONE, IA; Owner: BOONE BIBLICAL MINISTRIES, INC.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KIFG (1510 AM; daytime; 1 kW; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: TIMES-CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Union:
- KDAO-FM (99.5 FM; ELDORA, IA; Owner: ELDORA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KCRR (97.7 FM; GRUNDY CENTER, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KXIA (101.1 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KMXD (100.3 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WOI-FM (90.1 FM; AMES, IA; Owner: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCI & TECH)
- KSTZ (102.5 FM; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KOKZ (105.7 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KAZR (103.3 FM; PELLA, IA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF IOWA, LLC)
- KQCR-FM (98.9 FM; PARKERSBURG, IA; Owner: CD BROADCASTING INC)
- K205CZ (88.9 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- K218CE (91.5 FM; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Union:
- KDIN-TV (Channel 11; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- WOI-TV (Channel 5; AMES, IA; Owner: CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.)
- WHO-TV (Channel 13; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
- KDSM-TV (Channel 17; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: KDSM LICENSEE, LLC)
- KPWB-TV (Channel 23; AMES, IA; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
- KCCI (Channel 8; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: DES MOINES HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- K19DX (Channel 19; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K27EW (Channel 27; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K33ED (Channel 33; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K51EP (Channel 51; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K53FD (Channel 53; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K59FM (Channel 59; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K69GZ (Channel 69; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- K25FA (Channel 25; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K47EK (Channel 47; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K49DZ (Channel 49; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K55GV (Channel 55; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: ROBERT M. CAMPBELL)
- K57GN (Channel 57; IOWA FALLS, IA; Owner: EAST SIDE ENTERPRISES)
- K61GF (Channel 61; IOWA FALLS, ETC., IA; Owner: BSA INVESTMENT)
- KDAO-LP (Channel 45; MARSHALLTOWN, IA; Owner: MTN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KFPX (Channel 39; NEWTON, IA; Owner: PAXSON DES MOINES LICENSE, INC.)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Approx 1.2 Mi (1.9 Km) North Of, Structure height: 120.1 m, Call Sign: KNKN314
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 10/26/1999, Expiration Date: 10/01/2009, Certifier: Dennis Miller
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Mark K Osmundson, 1 Mi N, Type: Tower, Structure height: 119 m, Overall height: 120 m, , Licensee ID: L00874009
Registrant: Eldora Broadcasting Company, Inc., Marshalltown, IA 50158, Phone: (641) 752-4122, Email:
- LORI DAWSON, 31987 325th Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 93.8 m
Registrant: Holland & Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave Nw, Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006-1816, Phone: (202) 882-5989, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1- 2 Blks W Post Office, Type: Tower, Structure height: 43 m, Overall height: 49 m, Call Sign: WPJW696, Licensee ID: L00277585
Assigned Frequencies : 462.750 MHz
Grant Date: 12/27/2006, Expiration Date: 11/22/2016, Certifier: Ronald E Brainard
Registrant: Radio Communications Co, 1657 Falls Ave, Waterloo, IA 50701, Phone: (319) 234-3511, Fax: (319) 233-8292
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- I35 S Bound Ln 6.3 Mi S Of Us 30, Call Sign: KKR686, Licensee ID: L00003749
Assigned Frequencies : 155.970 MHz
Grant Date: 05/17/2002, Expiration Date: 08/05/2012
Registrant: State Of Iowa, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, Phone: (515) 239-1595 - I35 North Bound Scale House At Milepost 108, Call Sign: KSZ354, Licensee ID: L00003749
Assigned Frequencies : 155.970 MHz
Grant Date: 12/07/2000, Expiration Date: 01/22/2011
Registrant: State Of Iowa, 826 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, Phone: (515) 239-1595 - 5.1 Mi S, Call Sign: KCV709
Assigned Frequencies : 464.775 MHz
Grant Date: 12/19/2001, Expiration Date: 12/19/2011, Certifier: J. Billy Pirkle
Registrant: Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, 1101 New York Ave Nw, Washington, DC 20005-4213, Phone: (202) 346-8000, Fax: (202) 956-3217, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3- Call Sign: N0SMF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00677855
Grant Date: 01/29/2004, Expiration Date: 01/29/2014
Registrant: Peter J Gavagan, 206 Perry St., Union, IA 50258 - Call Sign: N0WBA, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00677851
Grant Date: 01/29/2004, Expiration Date: 01/29/2014
Registrant: Sandra A Gavagan, 206 Perry St., Union, IA 50258 - Call Sign: KC0OAJ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00563955
Grant Date: 08/28/2002, Expiration Date: 08/28/2012, Certifier: Lynn M Kadner
Registrant: Lynn M Kadner, 703 Main, Union, IA 50258
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-180 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7721N , Serial Number: 28-5167, Year manufactured: 1969, Airworthiness Date: 02/12/1969
Registrant (Individual): James A Johnson, 603 Davis St, Union, IA 50258
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 10
- Hazardous Condition: 1
- Good Intent Call: 1
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Union, IA
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