Housing density: 1,151 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $922,357.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,568, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,833
Median gross rent in Union City, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Union City with a mortgage: 9,394 (1,173 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,076 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 429
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $194,891
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $108,465
8,489 married couples with children.
1,446 single-parent households (433 men, 1,013 women).
35.5% of residents of Union City speak English at home.
14.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
14.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
34.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 31,077 (46.3%)
(70.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.1% Number of people working at home: 7,355 (23.2% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 345
5 to 9 minutes: 1,505
10 to 14 minutes: 1,784
15 to 19 minutes: 4,126
20 to 24 minutes: 3,143
25 to 29 minutes: 2,029
30 to 34 minutes: 5,273
35 to 39 minutes: 1,858
40 to 44 minutes: 2,611
45 to 59 minutes: 3,565
60 to 89 minutes: 2,264
90 or more minutes: 1,194
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 13,306 (56.3%)
Carpooled: 2,130 (9.0%)
Bus: 290 (1.2%)
Subway or elevated rail: 97 (0.4%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 8 (0.0%)
Taxi: 518 (2.2%)
Bicycle: 141 (0.6%)
Walked: 154 (0.7%)
Worked at home: 7,355 (31.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
8.2%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.8%Males
10.7%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
8.1%Males
9.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
3.4%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
4.7%Males
2.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
6.4%Males
6.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
15.3%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Union City, California
7,7112010 or later
7,0332000 to 2009
7,6011990 to 1999
10,7051980 to 1989
5,0921970 to 1979
2,812Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Afghan: 2,200 (4.7%)
German: 890 (1.9%)
Irish: 584 (1.2%)
English: 337 (0.7%)
American: 282 (0.6%)
Italian: 272 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 165 (0.3%)
European: 144 (0.3%)
African: 144 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 126 (0.3%)
Dutch: 103 (0.2%)
Turkish: 92 (0.2%)
Russian: 89 (0.2%)
Iranian: 88 (0.2%)
British: 86 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 86 (0.2%)
Palestinian: 80 (0.2%)
Northern European: 63 (0.1%)
Greek: 49 (0.1%)
Polish: 48 (0.1%)
Slovak: 47 (0.10%)
Maltese: 43 (0.09%)
Danish: 40 (0.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (0.08%)
Lebanese: 34 (0.07%)
Arab: 34 (0.07%)
Scottish: 33 (0.07%)
French: 31 (0.07%)
Swiss: 22 (0.05%)
Swedish: 20 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.04%)
Nigerian: 18 (0.04%)
Scandinavian: 13 (0.03%)
Ghanaian: 13 (0.03%)
Latvian: 12 (0.03%)
Slavic: 11 (0.02%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.02%)
Bulgarian: 11 (0.02%)
Brazilian: 8 (0.02%)
Cypriot: 8 (0.02%)
Finnish: 8 (0.02%)
Assyrian: 7 (0.01%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.01%)
Austrian: 5 (0.01%)
Jordanian: 4 (0.01%)
Canadian: 4 (0.01%)
Barbadian: 4 (0.01%)
Slovene: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Union City:
24.5% (8,126)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
India
Union City:
21.7% (7,200)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Union City:
13.2% (4,378)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Mexico
Union City:
10.7% (3,549)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Afghanistan
Union City:
4.7% (1,573)
California:
0.5% (53,260)
Vietnam
Union City:
3.6% (1,201)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Hong Kong
Union City:
3.2% (1,056)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
Korea
Union City:
2.2% (746)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Taiwan
Union City:
2.1% (706)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Indonesia
Union City:
1.5% (500)
California:
0.4% (39,097)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 28,893
Other state: 6,182
Northeast: 1,232
Midwest: 1,590
South: 2,399
West: 961
89.9% of Union City residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 39.4% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 83.6% lived in California.
Union City:
89.9%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 523
Nursery to 4th grade: 17
5th and 6th grade: 334
7th and 8th grade: 216
9th grade: 107
10th grade: 61
11th grade: 68
12th grade, no diploma: 474
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,859
Less than 1 year of college: 1,967
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,343
Associate degree: 1,332
Bachelor's degree: 7,534
Master's degree: 3,982
Professional school degree: 437
Doctorate degree: 891
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,305
Nursery to 4th grade: 89
5th and 6th grade: 733
7th and 8th grade: 175
9th grade: 320
10th grade: 82
11th grade: 31
12th grade, no diploma: 591
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,734
Less than 1 year of college: 1,285
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,702
Associate degree: 2,180
Bachelor's degree: 8,970
Master's degree: 3,253
Professional school degree: 188
Doctorate degree: 341
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 12,394
One, attached: 2,522
Two: 250
3 or 4: 1,254
5 to 9: 428
10 to 19: 955
20 to 49: 555
50 or more: 2,522
Mobile homes: 1,280
Median worth of mobile homes: $165,800
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago