About Union Grove

Union Grove is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 82 people and just one neighborhood, Union Grove is the 360th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Union Grove is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.6% of the Union Grove workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Union Grove is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Union Grove who work in teaching (18.75%), healthcare (9.38%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.25%).

Also of interest is that Union Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Union Grove is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Union Grove, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Union Grove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Union Grove Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Union Grove ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 1.82% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Union Grove in 2000 was $15,467, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $61,868 for a family of four.

The people who call Union Grove home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Union Grove is White, followed by Native American. The main ancestry of people in Union Grove is English.

The most common language spoken in Union Grove is English. Some people also speak French.