Union City, CA (California) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 72,123 (Urban population: 71,895, Rural population: 228 (all nonfarm))

Union City, California Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 18,862 (18,628 occupied: 13,255 owner occupied, 5,373 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	29%
State:	43%

Housing density: 980 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $488,768.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,214 (lower quartile is $1,019, upper quartile is $1,679)

Housing units in Union City with a mortgage: 10,240 (1,524 second mortgage, 1,077 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,260

Union City,CA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $639,900 (it was $296,600 in 2000)

Union City:	$639,900
California:	$532,300

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $513,200 - $781,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $672,832
Here: $672,832
State: $619,135

Townhouses or other attached units: $553,346
Here: $553,346
State: $541,123

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $398,837
Here: $398,837
State: $512,546

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $314,336
Here: $314,336
State: $482,470

Mobile homes: $56,304
Here: $56,304
State: $59,450

Median year house/condo built: 1978

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship

Households: 66,517

In family households: 62,512 (12,735 male householders, 3,030 female householders)
12,563 spouses, 23,103 children (22,015 natural, 351 adopted, 737 stepchildren), 2,084 grandchildren, 1,464 brothers or sisters, 1,417 parents, 3,967 other relatives, 2,149 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,005 (1,424 male householders (962 living alone)), 1,444 female householders (1,143 living alone)), 1,137 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 344 (211 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,739 2-persons, 3,412 3-persons, 3,727 4-persons, 2,319 5-persons, 1,337 6-persons, 1,231 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,105 1-person, 537 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

13,116 married couples with children.
2,539 single-parent households (622 men, 1,917 women).

40.7% of residents of Union City speak English at home.
16.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
10.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
31.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 29,419 (44.0%)
(53.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	3.5

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Union City, California:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 496 3 rooms: 1,429 4 rooms: 908 5 rooms: 2,290 6 rooms: 3,222 7 rooms: 2,649 8 rooms: 1,441 9 or more rooms: 820

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union City, California:
	1 room: 346 2 rooms: 876 3 rooms: 1,194 4 rooms: 1,042 5 rooms: 827 6 rooms: 489 7 rooms: 396 8 rooms: 134 9 or more rooms: 69

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 542
1995 to 1998: 1,588
1990 to 1994: 1,078
1980 to 1989: 3,817
1970 to 1979: 7,597
1960 to 1969: 2,542
1950 to 1959: 993
1940 to 1949: 352
1939 or earlier: 353

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Union City:
	no bedroom: 121 1 bedroom: 801 2 bedrooms: 2,340 3 bedrooms: 4,505 4 bedrooms: 4,521 5 or more bedrooms: 967

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union City:
	no bedroom: 414 1 bedroom: 1,667 2 bedrooms: 1,622 3 bedrooms: 972 4 bedrooms: 645 5 or more bedrooms: 53

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Union City in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 417 1 vehicle: 2,140 2 vehicles: 5,649 3 vehicles: 3,190 4 vehicles: 1,330 5 or more vehicles: 529

Cars and other vehicles available in Union City in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 530 1 vehicle: 1,922 2 vehicles: 1,905 3 vehicles: 679 4 vehicles: 220 5 or more vehicles: 117

Union City rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Union City:

Less than $100: 15 people
$100 to $149: 15
$150 to $199: 59
$200 to $249: 134
$250 to $299: 94
$300 to $349: 17
$350 to $399: 58
$400 to $449: 66
$450 to $499: 43
$500 to $549: 75
$550 to $599: 20
$600 to $649: 37
$650 to $699: 47
$700 to $749: 65
$750 to $799: 101
$800 to $899: 211
$900 to $999: 270
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,476
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,297
$1,500 to $1,999: 833
$2,000 or more: 257
No cash rent: 132

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 5,889 1990 to 1994: 4,921 1985 to 1989: 5,983 1980 to 1984: 4,722 1975 to 1979: 3,123 1970 to 1974: 1,969 1970 to 1974: 1,246 1965 to 1969: 1,566

Union City, CA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 61.9%
Number of people working at home: 574 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 225
5 to 9 minutes: 1583
10 to 14 minutes: 2992
15 to 19 minutes: 4007
20 to 24 minutes: 3505
25 to 29 minutes: 1440
30 to 34 minutes: 4833
35 to 39 minutes: 984
40 to 44 minutes: 1942
45 to 59 minutes: 4171
60 to 89 minutes: 3451
90 or more minutes: 750

Union City mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 22,243 (73%)
Carpooled: 4,915 (16%)
Bus or trolley bus: 634 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 1,084 (4%)
Railroad: 168 (1%)
Taxi: 7 (0%)
Motorcycle: 36 (0%)
Bicycle: 145 (0%)
Walked: 383 (1%)
Other means: 253 (1%)
Worked at home: 574 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 769
$10,000 to $14,999: 587
$15,000 to $19,999: 475
$20,000 to $24,999: 592
$25,000 to $29,999: 487
$30,000 to $34,999: 684
$35,000 to $39,999: 709
$40,000 to $44,999: 592
$45,000 to $49,999: 599
$50,000 to $59,999: 1686
$60,000 to $74,999: 2568
$75,000 to $99,999: 3595
$100,000 to $124,999: 2245
$125,000 to $149,999: 1299
$150,000 to $199,999: 1186
$200,000 or more: 560

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 47798

German: 1975

Portuguese: 1303

Italian: 1239

English: 1184

Irish: 1164

Afghan: 955

United States or American: 901

French (except Basque): 398

Subsaharan African:: 356

Arab:: 314

Scotch-Irish: 285

Iranian: 280

European: 246

Swedish: 236

Polish: 224

African: 188

Norwegian: 186

Dutch: 183

Danish: 170

Arab/Arabic: 158

Russian: 153

French Canadian: 150

Scottish: 144

British: 111

Welsh: 96

Finnish: 81

Hungarian: 75

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 74

Egyptian: 66

Greek: 54

Ethiopian: 47

Guyanese: 46

Jordanian: 43

Liberian: 40

Nigerian: 29

Other Subsaharan African: 28

Austrian: 27

Slovak: 27

Scandinavian: 27

Swiss: 26

Turkish: 26

Romanian: 25

Palestinian: 22

Bahamian: 22

Yugoslavian: 21

Basque: 21

Icelander: 21

West Indian: 21

Ukrainian: 20

Armenian: 19

Albanian: 18

Croatian: 18

Lithuanian: 17

Sudanese: 16

Other Arab: 16

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 15

Northern European: 13

Canadian: 13

Australian: 11

Jamaican: 11

Czech: 10

Eastern European: 9

Lebanese: 9

Estonian: 8

Czechoslovakian: 8

Cape Verdean: 8

Belgian: 8

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Brazilian: 7

British West Indian: 5

Maltese: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Philippines (32%)
Mexico (16%)
India (13%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Vietnam (6%)
Hong Kong (3%)
Taiwan (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 28273
Northeast: 1365
Midwest: 2444
South: 2814
West: 1715

57% of Union City residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in California.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 586
Nursery to 4th grade: 186
5th and 6th grade: 525
7th and 8th grade: 373
9th grade: 331
10th grade: 456
11th grade: 291
12th grade, no diploma: 900
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,299
Less than 1 year of college: 1,184
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,297
Associate degree: 1,885
Bachelor's degree: 4,079
Master's degree: 1,477
Professional school degree: 308
Doctorate degree: 360

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 796
Nursery to 4th grade: 317
5th and 6th grade: 812
7th and 8th grade: 584
9th grade: 361
10th grade: 470
11th grade: 272
12th grade, no diploma: 955
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,557
Less than 1 year of college: 1,649
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,899
Associate degree: 1,667
Bachelor's degree: 4,801
Master's degree: 887
Professional school degree: 323
Doctorate degree: 152

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.4%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 7.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 4.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $84,363
Black householders: $76,768
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $90,041
Asian householders: $103,949
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $82,347
Some other race householders: $54,497
Two or more races householders: $87,928
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $53,115

Union City household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Union City household income for Black householders

Union City household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Union City household income for Asian householders

Union City household income for Some other race householders

Union City household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Union City marital status for males

Union City marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $684,127
Black or African American householders: $639,037
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $663,416
Asian householders: $719,941
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $674,203
Some other race householders: $578,412
Two or more races householders: $668,378
Hispanic or Latino householders: $562,447

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,962
One, attached: 2,350
Two: 264
3 or 4: 841
5 to 9: 605
10 to 19: 304
20 to 49: 377
50 or more: 1,237
Mobile homes: 922

Median worth of mobile homes: $62,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Union City:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (76%) Electricity (22%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (56%) Electricity (42%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 932

Here:	10.7%
California:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 245

Here:	5.9%
California:	7.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 830

Here:	18.2%
California:	15.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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