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Union, NJ (New Jersey) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $424,699 (it was $173,400 in 2000)
Union:

$424,699
New Jersey:

$389,800
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $361,489 - $460,756

Total population: 54,050 (All urban)

Houses: 20,001 (19,534 occupied: 14,945 owner occupied, 4,589 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

23%
State:

36%

Housing density: 2,194 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2021 in this county: $290,716.

Median contract rent in 2021: $1,488 (lower quartile is $1,143, upper quartile is $1,954)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2021: $1,342


Median gross rent in Union, NJ in 2021: $1,585

Housing units in Union with a mortgage: 8,243 (777 second mortgage, 1,232 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,744

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Union, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 529,695
  • In family households: 464,085 (87,269 male householders, 47,405 female householders)
    94,325 spouses, 171,221 children (162,243 natural, 3,299 adopted, 5,679 stepchildren), 11,365 grandchildren, 8,963 brothers or sisters, 8,956 parents, foster children, 13,013 other relatives, 16,322 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 65,610 (23,484 male householders (18,363 living alone)), 29,960 female householders (26,038 living alone)), 12,166 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 6,804 (4,209 institutionalized population)

88,023 married couples with children.
26,686 single-parent households (5,364 men, 21,322 women).

66.7% of residents of Union speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
18.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 19,138 (32.1%)
(71.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.9
State:

6.9

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

5.3
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Union, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Union, New Jersey
  • 0no bedroom
  • 5451 bedroom
  • 2,8112 bedrooms
  • 8,3453 bedrooms
  • 2,8744 bedrooms
  • 3705+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union, New Jersey
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union, New Jersey
  • 99no bedroom
  • 1,8491 bedroom
  • 1,6692 bedrooms
  • 8793 bedrooms
  • 634 bedrooms
  • 305+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Union in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Union in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 976no vehicle
  • 4,5301 vehicle
  • 6,5342 vehicles
  • 1,9183 vehicles
  • 7274 vehicles
  • 2605+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Union in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Union in renter-occupied apartments
  • 874no vehicle
  • 2,1671 vehicle
  • 1,2502 vehicles
  • 2103 vehicles
  • 614 vehicles
  • 275+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Union, New Jersey
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Union, New Jersey
  • 01 room
  • 1092 rooms
  • 3123 rooms
  • 8854 rooms
  • 2,1435 rooms
  • 4,1136 rooms
  • 4,1907 rooms
  • 2,1238 rooms
  • 1,0709+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union, New Jersey
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union, New Jersey
  • 671 room
  • 4632 rooms
  • 1,0893 rooms
  • 1,1274 rooms
  • 9255 rooms
  • 6756 rooms
  • 1467 rooms
  • 608 rooms
  • 379+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Union, NJ
  • Union, NJ household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Union, NJ in 2021
  • 8,331Less than $10,000
  • 12,038$10,000 to $19,999
  • 13,879$20,000 to $29,999
  • 14,095$30,000 to $39,999
  • 11,989$40,000 to $49,999
  • 12,573$50,000 to $59,999
  • 19,581$60,000 to $74,999
  • 25,710$75,000 to $99,999
  • 21,174$100,000 to $124,999
  • 16,036$125,000 to $149,999
  • 23,428$150,000 to $199,999
  • 36,513$200,000 or more

Percentage of workers working in this county: 51.0%
Number of people working at home: 5,447 (18.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 567
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 2,571
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 3,827
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 4,025
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 3,548
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1,149
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 3,433
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 725
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 861
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2,028
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,537
  • 90 or more minutes: 928

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 20,023 (77.9%)
  • Carpooled: 2,298 (8.9%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,014 (3.9%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 15 (0.1%)
  • Subway or elevated: 134 (0.5%)
  • Railroad: 539 (2.1%)
  • Ferryboat: 13 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 51 (0.2%)
  • Motorcycle: 89 (0.3%)
  • Bicycle: 10 (0.0%)
  • Walked: 950 (3.7%)
  • Other means: 63 (0.2%)
  • Worked at home: 507 (2.0%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Union, New Jersey
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Union, New Jersey
  • 1,2991995 to March 2000
  • 2,3621990 to 1994
  • 2,4341985 to 1989
  • 1,6001980 to 1984
  • 1,4371975 to 1979
  • 1,3031970 to 1974
  • 9611965 to 1969
  • 1,964Before 1965
Ancestries in Union, NJ <small>(Other ancestries excluded from the graph)</small>

First ancestries reported:

  • Other: 17,529 (29.9%)
  • Italian: 9,378 (16.0%)
  • German: 5,538 (9.5%)
  • Irish: 5,395 (9.2%)
  • Polish: 4,896 (8.4%)
  • Portuguese: 3,725 (6.4%)
  • West Indian: 1,977 (3.4%)
  • United States: 1,590 (2.7%)
  • English: 1,416 (2.4%)
  • Subsaharan African: 1,265 (2.2%)
  • Ukrainian: 1,045 (1.8%)
  • Russian: 893 (1.5%)
  • Hungarian: 604 (1.0%)
  • Greek: 523 (0.9%)
  • Slovak: 443 (0.8%)
  • Czech: 334 (0.6%)
  • French: 322 (0.5%)
  • Scottish: 303 (0.5%)
  • Arab: 241 (0.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 241 (0.4%)
  • Dutch: 192 (0.3%)
  • Lithuanian: 185 (0.3%)
  • Swedish: 155 (0.3%)
  • Norwegian: 133 (0.2%)
  • Swiss: 99 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 65 (0.1%)
  • French Canadian: 59 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 50 (0.09%)

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

Portugal
Union:

14.0% (1,870)
New Jersey:

2.5% (37,183)

Philippines
Union:

11.4% (1,521)
New Jersey:

4.7% (69,773)

Poland
Union:

6.9% (920)
New Jersey:

3.8% (55,466)

Haiti
Union:

5.8% (773)
New Jersey:

2.2% (31,963)

India
Union:

5.4% (724)
New Jersey:

8.1% (119,497)

Italy
Union:

4.5% (607)
New Jersey:

4.0% (58,395)

Colombia
Union:

4.2% (563)
New Jersey:

4.7% (69,754)

Nigeria
Union:

4.1% (554)
New Jersey:

0.6% (8,389)

Cuba
Union:

3.3% (442)
New Jersey:

3.7% (55,241)

Germany
Union:

3.2% (426)
New Jersey:

2.3% (33,531)

Ukraine
Union:

2.4% (326)
New Jersey:

1.0% (14,768)

Brazil
Union:

2.3% (305)
New Jersey:

1.5% (22,097)

Trinidad and Tobago
Union:

2.2% (292)
New Jersey:

0.9% (13,289)

Guyana
Union:

2.1% (278)
New Jersey:

1.2% (17,746)

Jamaica
Union:

1.8% (238)
New Jersey:

2.5% (36,443)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Union:

1.6% (214)
New Jersey:

2.7% (40,092)

Ghana
Union:

1.5% (202)
New Jersey:

0.5% (7,079)

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

  • This state: 32,312
  • Other state: 7,657
  • Northeast: 4,880
  • Midwest: 425
  • South: 2,146
  • West: 206

66% of Union residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 194
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 155
  • 5th and 6th grade: 200
  • 7th and 8th grade: 590
  • 9th grade: 293
  • 10th grade: 502
  • 11th grade: 342
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 887
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,230
  • Less than 1 year of college: 932
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,008
  • Associate degree: 759
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,183
  • Master's degree: 993
  • Professional school degree: 356
  • Doctorate degree: 229
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 404
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 166
  • 5th and 6th grade: 312
  • 7th and 8th grade: 998
  • 9th grade: 356
  • 10th grade: 508
  • 11th grade: 414
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 858
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,207
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,157
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,102
  • Associate degree: 1,066
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,617
  • Master's degree: 1,115
  • Professional school degree: 385
  • Doctorate degree: 77
Educational Attainment for Females
Union marital status for males
Union marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 13,560
  • One, attached: 723
  • Two: 2,766
  • 3 or 4: 1,252
  • 5 to 9: 353
  • 10 to 19: 280
  • 20 to 49: 136
  • 50 or more: 865
  • Mobile homes: 66

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,583

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%
Year householders moved into residence in Union
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Union, NJ
  • 78.3%Utility gas
  • 18.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.5%Electricity
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Union, NJ
  • 71.9%Utility gas
  • 15.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 11.2%Electricity
  • 1.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.5%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 800
Here:

14.0%
New Jersey:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 354
Here:

11.4%
New Jersey:

13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 916
Here:

26.1%
New Jersey:

30.1%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability